Bible Strands
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Lot speaks to the Sodomite men demanding entry to his house, making his offer before they issue their violent rejection in Genesis 19:9.
The words — The text emphasizes הִנֵּה־ (hi.neh, "here!") and יָדְעוּ (ya.de, "they have known"), where the verb functions as the stated euphemism for sexual relations. Lot declares his daughters are those who have not known a man.
The thread — The proposal mirrors the host's identical offer in Judges 19:24 and sets the narrative stage for the later actions recorded in Genesis 19:31.
Why it lands — The text states that Lot invokes the ancient law of roof-protection to demand the men spare his guests, leaving the reader to observe how that claim is immediately overridden by the mob's threat in the following verse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Cross-references
- Judges 19:24 Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
- Genesis 19:31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
- Genesis 42:37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
- Judges 9:15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Mark 9:6 For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.
- Romans 3:8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
- Exodus 32:22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.