Genesis 18:22

And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

In Context

21I will therefore go down and see, if they completely + 18:21 Gr. συντελοῦνται. Heb. עשי כלה. A. V. have done altogether.correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

23And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:1And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.

Genesis 19:1And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,

Psalms 106:23They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters;

Jeremiah 18:20Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:17-23

Abraham's Interview with God. ( b. c. 1898.) 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord , to do justice and judgment; that the… Read the whole commentary →

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