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Genesis 18:16-22

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Abraham's Plea for Sodom

16 The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.
17 Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18 Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.[a]
19 For I have chosen[b] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him."
20 Then the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
21 I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to Me. If not, I will find out."
22 The men turned from there and went toward Sodom[c] while Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[d]
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Genesis 18:16-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 18

Another appearance of God to Abraham is here recorded; three persons are seen by him in an human form, whom he kindly invites to stop with him, and generously entertains them, Ge 18:1-8; they inquire concerning Sarah his wife, and one of them renews the promise of her bearing a son to him, which occasions laughter in her, for which she is reproved, Ge 18:9-15; upon their departure the Lord thought fit, for reasons given, to make known to Abraham his intention to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 18:16-22; when Abraham intercedes for the preservation of those cities in a most importunate and affectionate manner, Ge 18:23-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 4

  • [a] Gn 12:3; 26:4; Gl 3:8
  • [b] Lit known
  • [c] Gn 19:1
  • [d] One ancient Jewish tradition reads while the Lord remained standing before Abraham
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