Genesis 18:22

So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before Yahweh.

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

In Context

21I will now go down there and see the outcry against her that has come to me, whether they have really done it. If not, I will know.”

23Then Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:1Yahweh appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent doorway in the heat of the day.

Genesis 19:1The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, while Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, arose to meet them, and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Psalms 106:23So he said he would destroy them— 1 had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, 1 to turn away his anger from destroying them. 1

Jeremiah 18:20Will disaster from them really be my reward for being good to them? For they have dug a pit for me. 1 Remember how I stood before you to speak for their welfare, to cause your fury to turn away from them. 1

Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up intently into heaven and saw the glory of God; and he saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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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