Genesis 19:8

⁶ Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

⁷ “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

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.”

⁹ “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

¹⁰ But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
ASV: Behold now, I have two daughters that 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, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.
DARBY: Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.
BLB: Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you⁺, and you⁺ may do to them according to what [is] good in your⁺ eyes. Only to these men do not anything, for upon thus they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

ÅB: Se, jeg har to døtre som ikke har hatt med noen mann å gjøre; la meg få føre dem ut til dere, og gjør med dem som dere synes! Gjør bare ikke disse menn noe, siden de er kommet inn under skyggen av mitt tak!
OTB: Se, jeg har to døtre som ikke har kjent noen mann. Vennligst, la meg bringe dem ut til dere, og dere kan gjøre med dem som dere vil. Bare gjør ingenting med disse mennene, for de har kommet under beskyttelsen av mitt tak."
B1930: Se, jeg har to døtre som ikke har hatt med nogen mann å gjøre; la mig få føre dem ut til eder, og gjør med dem som I synes! Gjør bare ikke disse menn noget, siden de er kommet inn under skyggen av mitt tak!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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.”
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Genesis 19:31–38
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.
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Mark 9:6
For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.
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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!
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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.’
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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?
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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.”
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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.”
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