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Genesis 18:16-22
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:16-22
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:16-22Genesis 18:16-22 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe two who are supposed to have been created angels went toward Sodom. The one who is called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, and would not hide from him the thing he intended to do. Though God l…Abraham's Interview with God. (b. c. 1898.)Genesis 18:16-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleABRAHAM'S INTERVIEW WITH GOD. (B. C. 1898.) The messengers from heaven had now despatched one part of their business, which was an errand of grace to Abraham and Sarah, and which they delivered first; but now they have…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:16Genesis 18:16 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd the men rose up from thence,—Mamre (vide supra, Genesis 18:1)—and looked towards Sodom. Literally, toward the face (Rosenmüller), or towards the plain (Keil), of Sodom, as if intending to proceed thither. And Abraha…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:16-33Genesis 18:16-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryAbraham's intercession for Sodom. The whole wonderful scene springs out of the theophany. Abraham's faith has given him a special position with the Lord. "Shall I hide from Abraham that thug which I do?" &c. The true pr…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 18:16-22The two who are supposed to have been created angels went toward Sodom. The one who is called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, and would not hide from him the thing he intended to do. Though God l…Matthew HenrycommentaryAbraham's Interview with God. (b. c. 1898.)ABRAHAM'S INTERVIEW WITH GOD. (B. C. 1898.) The messengers from heaven had now despatched one part of their business, which was an errand of grace to Abraham and Sarah, and which they delivered first; but now they have…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:16-33Abraham's intercession for Sodom. The whole wonderful scene springs out of the theophany. Abraham's faith has given him a special position with the Lord. "Shall I hide from Abraham that thug which I do?" &c. The true pr…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:16And the men rose up from thence,—Mamre (vide supra, Genesis 18:1)—and looked towards Sodom. Literally, toward the face (Rosenmüller), or towards the plain (Keil), of Sodom, as if intending to proceed thither. And Abraha…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:17Sodom's doom revealed. I. THE REASON OF THE REVELATION. 1. Abraham's new position. Having been lately taken into covenant with God, allied by the holy tie of a celestial friendship to Jehovah, the patriarch seemed in th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:17And the Lord said (to himself), Shall I hide from Abraham—the LXX. interpolate, τοῦ παιδός μου; but, as Philo observes, τοῦ φιλοῦ μου would have been a more appropriate designation for the patriarch (cf. 2 Chronicle…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become (literally, becoming shall become) a great and mighty nation (cf. Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:4-6), and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? The import of Jehovah's…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 18:19Abraham and family training. "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him," &c. Under the shady terebinth celestial visitants partake, or appear to do so, of a meal hastily provided by…Joseph S. Exell and contributors