Genesis 18:22

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.'

23And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Genesis 19:1And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;

Psalms 106:23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.

Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before Thee 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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