Genesis 18:33
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When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
Read Genesis 18:33 Using Other Translations
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.
What does Genesis 18:33 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Genesis 18:33
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left
communing
with Abraham
It is great and wonderful condescension for God to commune with a
creature; it is an act of sovereignty how long he will continue
to do so; communion with him always is not to be expected in this
life; he communes for a while, and then leaves off and goes his
way, see ( Jeremiah
14:8 ) ; the Son of God in an human form, as soon as he had
done talking with Abraham, perhaps disappeared to him, and went
his way to Sodom, for there we find him in the next chapter:
and Abraham returned unto his place;
to his tent in the plains of Mamre, waiting to observe or hear
what would be the issue and event of things respecting Sodom and
Gomorrah.
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