Genesis 18:16

16 Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.

Genesis 18:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:16

And the men rose up from thence
From their seats at Abraham's table under the tree, all three of them: and looked toward Sodom;
set their faces and steered their course that way, by which it appeared they intended to go thither: the Targum of Jonathan says, that he that brought the news to Sarah went up, to the highest heavens, and two of them looked toward Sodom; but it seems most likely, that, when the two went on their way to Sodom, the third stayed with Abraham: and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way;
which was another piece of civility to strangers used in those early times, as well as in later ones, ( Acts 20:38 ) ( 21:5 ) .

Genesis 18:16 In-Context

14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now, and Sarah will have a son."

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I didn't laugh." But the Lord said, "No. You did laugh."

16 Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.

17 The Lord said, "Should I tell Abraham what I am going to do now?

18 Abraham's children will certainly become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.