Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Genesis 19:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
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Quick Meaning
Lot calls the men 'my brothers' and asks them not to act wickedly. The address appeals to community solidarity; it does not claim blood kinship or approval, and the crowd soon rejects Lot as an outsider.
Read It With
- Genesis 19:1–11
Read verses 7–9. Lot's moral appeal leads into his failed proposal, while the crowd's answer exposes the gap between his language of brotherhood and its exclusion of him.
Why This Verse Appears Here
His appeal names the demand wicked and invokes a community solidarity the crowd will reject.
Read Genesis 19:6–8 together
Why these verses belong together: Lot's exit, moral appeal, daughters, and roof-protection rationale form one failed response to the mob.
Verse 6. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
Verse 7. 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Verse 8. 8 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.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Calling the men brothers does not make Lot their relative, endorse their conduct, or prove that they accepted him as an equal.
What Remains True
Community language becomes empty when members refuse the obligations of protection, restraint, and justice.
How It Can Shape Life
- Do not use words such as family, brotherhood, church, or team to cover coercion; test belonging by how the group treats vulnerable people and dissenters.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 19:1–11 — Sodom's Mob Threatens Lot's Guests and DaughtersSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? very strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, unit movement, violence, daughters, rescue, and canonical Sodom reception.
Exact location: Genesis 19:1–11 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 13:10–13; 14:12; 18:16–33; 19:12–29; Judges 19; Isaiah 1; Ezekiel 16:49–50; Matthew 10:14–15; Luke 10:10–12; 2 Peter 2:6–9; Jude 7
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Messenger, gate, square, press, surround, yada, brother, evil, roof shadow, sojourn, emphatic judging, threat, door, sanwerim, and weariness.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 19:1–11; lemma cross-checks with Genesis 4:1, 17, 25; 24:16 and 2 Kings 6:18
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Gate and square, invitation syntax, repeated patsar, mob description, sexual sense of yada, daughters, roof protection, resident-alien language, emphatic judgment, threat, and blindness.
Exact location: NET Bible, Genesis 19:1–11 and translator notes 1–26
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