Genesis 19:5
“And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 19Meaning
The scene depicts collective coercion and threatened sexual assault as grave violence, not as acceptable sexual behavior.
Read carefully
Lot's offer of his daughters is reported without moral endorsement; it must not be defended, normalized, or imitated.
Reflection
Readers should center the threatened victims, reject sexual violence, and distinguish the narrator's report from moral approval.