Judges 19:22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him!"
The setting
Outside the old man's house in Gibeah, Israel, ~1100 BC. Night. Violent men surround the house, demanding the male guest for sexual assault...
The emotion here: horrified at having to record Israel's complete moral collapse
The original word
beliyya'al (בְּלִיַּעַל) — worthless ones, sons of destruction, utterly corrupt
Why it matters
This mirrors Sodom so exactly that it proves Israel had become as corrupt as the Canaanites
Read with care
What most readers miss in Judges 19:22
The text is unfinished mid-sentence, showing the narrator's horror at what they're about to record
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about homosexuality, but it's about violent sexual assault and Israel becoming as evil as the nations God told them to avoid.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Judges 19:22 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Judges 19:22 comes from the book of Judges, written during the judges period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include evil, danger, wickedness. Notable phrases: base fellows; surrounded the house.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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