Genesis 19:9
“And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.”
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.