And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
And Lot went out at the door unto them,…. At the door of his house:
and shut the door after him; the door of the passage to his house, the courtyard door, for another word is here used; unless the one was properly the door, and the other a hatch: however, this precaution of shutting it was used to prevent the men of Sodom rushing in, and taking away the men by violence; and that Lot might have some opportunity of trying what he could do by arguments, to prevail upon them to desist from their attempt.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Lot went out to them, shut the door behind him to protect his guests, and offered to give his virgin daughters up to them. “ Only to these men ( , an archaism for rof , occurs also in Gen 19:25; Gen 26:3-4; Lev 18:27, and Deu 4:42; Deu 7:22; Deu 19:11; and for in 1Ch 20:8) do nothing, for therefore (viz., to be protected from injury) have they come under the shadow of my roof.” In his anxiety, Lot was willing to sacrifice to the sanctity of hospitality his duty as a father, which ought to have been still more sacred, “and committed the sin of seeking to avert sin by sin.” Even if he expected that his daughters would suffer no harm, as they were betrothed to Sodomites (Gen 19:14), the offer was a grievous violation of his paternal duty. But this offer only heightened the brutality of the mob. “ Stand back ” (make way, Isa 49:20), they said; “ the man, who came as a foreigner, is always wanting to play the judge ” (probably because Lot had frequently reproved them for their licentious conduct, 2Pe 2:7, 2Pe 2:8): “ not will we deal worse with thee than with them.” With these words they pressed upon him, and approached the door to break it in. The men inside, that is to say, the angels, then pulled Lot into the house, shut the door, and by miraculous power smote the people without with blindness ( here and 2Ki 6:18 for mental blindness, in which the eye sees, but does not see the right object), as a punishment for their utter moral blindness, and an omen of the coming judgment.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
6. And Lot went out at the door unto them. It appears from the fact that Lot went out and exposed himself to danger, how faithfully he observed the sacred right of hospitality. It was truly a rare virtue, that he preferred the safety and honor of the guests whom he had once undertaken to protect, to his own life: yet this degree of magnanimity is required from the children of God, that where duty and fidelity are concerned, they should not spare themselves. And although he was already grievously injured by the besieging of his house; he yet endeavors, by gentle words, to soothe ferocious minds, while he suppliantly entreats them to lay aside their wickedness, and addresses them by the title of brethren. Now it appears, how savage was their cruelty, and how violent the rage of their lust, when they were in no degree moved by such extraordinary mildness. But the description of a rage so brutal, tends to teach us that punishment was not inflicted upon them, until they had proceeded to the last stage of wickedness. And let us remember, that the reprobate, when they have been blinded by the just judgment of God, rush, as with devoted minds, through every kind of crime, and leave nothing undone, until they render themselves altogether hateful and detestable to God and men.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
‘And Lot went to the door and went out to them, and he shut the door behind him.’
Lot is no coward. He goes to meet the thirsting crowd. The picture is vivid. His slow approach to the door. Then slipping through a gap in the door and quickly pulling it to behind him. Then facing the crowd, many of whom he will know.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gen 19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
Ver. 6. Lot went out. ] So he exposed himself, to save his strangers, hoping to save them from that abominable violence. The right of strangers is so holy, that there was scarce ever any nation so barbarous that would violate the same. When Stephen Gardiner had in his power the renowned clerk Peter Martyr, then teaching at Oxford, he would not keep him to punish him; but when he should go his way, as it is reported, gave him wherewith to bear his charges. But these Sodomites had not so much humanity left in them. They had put off the man, and were become dogs and worse. Deu 23:18 Am I a dog? saith Abner; 2Sa 3:8 that is, so given as dogs be to lust. Lot was the world’s miracle, who kept himself fresh in Sodom’s salt waters.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lot: Jdg 19:23
door: Two words are here used for door: the first pethach, which is the door-way, at which Lot went out; the latter, deleth, the leaf of the door, which he shut after him when out.
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God’s Judgment Lot stood outside his house and pled with the men of Sodom. He would not turn over his guests to them. He even offered them his virgin daughters rather than have them sin against his visitors. They accused him of acting as their judge, which may be what he did in the gate of the city. The crowd pushed Lot back to the door and started to break it down.
Habakkuk describes God by writing, “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness” (1:13). It should not surprise us then that the angels would open the door, pull Lot inside and strike the men outside blind ( Gen 19:6-11 ). Yet, they were so sinful they kept groping for the door!