“But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 19 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.