Genesis 18:22
And the Men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Avraham stood yet before Hashem.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23And Avraham drew near, and said, Wilt Thou also destroy the tzaddik with the rasha?
Cross References
Genesis 18:1And Hashem appeared unto him in the terebinth trees of Mamre; and he sat in the entrance of the ohel (tent) in the heat of the day;
Genesis 19:1And there came two malachim to Sodom at erev; and Lot sat in the sha'ar Sodom; and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Psalms 106:23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, 1 had not Moshe His bechir (chosen one) 1 stood before Him in the peretz (breach), 1 to turn away His wrath, lest He should destroy them. 1
Jeremiah 18:20Shall ra'ah be repaid for tovah? 1 For they have dug a pit for my nefesh. 1 Remember that I stood before Thee to speak tovah concerning them, 1 and to turn away Thy wrath from them. 1
Acts 7:55But being full of the Ruach Hakodesh and having gazed into Shomayim, Stefanos saw the kavod (glory) of Hashem and Yehoshua standing limin Hashem.
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 →