Kejadian 19:1
Konteks19:1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while 1 Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. 2 When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
Kejadian 19:6
Konteks19:6 Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.
Kejadian 38:19
Konteks38:19 She left immediately, 3 removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.
[19:1] 1 tn The disjunctive clause is temporal here, indicating what Lot was doing at the time of their arrival.
[19:1] 2 tn Heb “sitting in the gate of Sodom.” The phrase “the gate of Sodom” has been translated “the city’s gateway” for stylistic reasons.
[19:1] sn The expression sitting in the city’s gateway may mean that Lot was exercising some type of judicial function (see the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 19:8; Jer 26:10; 38:7; 39:3).
[38:19] 3 tn Heb “and she arose and left,” the first verb in the pair emphasizing that she wasted no time.