Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Genesis 19:2
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Genesis19:2
2. turn in, I pray you ... tarry all night--offer of the same generous hospitalities as described in Ge 18:2-8, and which are still spontaneously practised in the small towns.
And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night--Where there are no inns and no acquaintance, it is not uncommon for travellers to sleep in the street wrapped up in their cloaks.
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