Genesis 18:1

GENESIS CHAPTER 18 The Lord appears to Abraham, Genesis 18:1. He sees three men, Genesis 18:2; invites them, Genesis 18:3. They accept it, Genesis 18:5. He prepares for them a calf, &c.; they eat, Genesis 18:6. The promise of a son by Sarah renewed; the time appointed, Genesis 18:9,10. Sarah, being old, laughs, Genesis 18:11,12. God reproves her, Genesis 18:13; and confirms the promise, Genesis 18:14. Her denial, and God's reply, Genesis 18:15. The men go towards Sodom, Genesis 18:16. God resolves to show Abraham his purpose to destroy Sodom, Genesis 18:17. The reason of it, Genesis 18:18. God's testimony of him, Genesis 18:19. God reveals his purpose to him, Genesis 18:20. Abraham's intercession for Sodom oft repeated, and God's condescension, Genesis 18:23. 1898 Waiting for strangers which might pass that way; for whom no public places being provided in those times and places, virtuous persons used to entertain them in their houses. See Hebrews 13:2. In the heat of the day, the time when travellers, especially in those hot contries, used to divert and refresh themselves.