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Verse Genesis 18:16. _ABRAHAM WENT WITH THEM TO BRING THEM ON THE
WAY._] This was another piece of primitive hospitality - to direct
strangers in the way. Public roads did not then exist and guides we...
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- The Visit of the Lord to Abraham
2. השׂתחיה _vayı̂śtachû_ “bow,” or bend the body in
token of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight
inclination of the body to entire prostratio...
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CHAPTER 18 THE SIXTH COMMUNICATION AND JEHOVAH VISITS ABRAHAM
_ 1. The manifestation (Genesis 18:1)_
2. Abraham's welcome (Genesis 18:3)
3. The promise repeated (Genesis 18:9)
4. Sarah's laughter...
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Apart from the insertions (Genesis 18:17; Genesis 18:22 _b_ - Genesis
18:33_ a_) the story went on to say that Abraham accompanied his
guests, and Yahweh told him that he was going down to Sodom to
as...
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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LOOKED. looked down upon. Hebrew. _shakaph._ First occurance....
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Colloquy of Jehovah with Abraham, &c. (J.)
16. _looked toward Sodom_ The idea is that of directing the gaze from
an eminence. A view of the Dead Sea is to be obtained from the hills
in the neighbourh...
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The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (J)
Genesis 18:1. Visit of three Angels to Abraham, and the promise of a
son to Sarah.
16 33. Colloquy of Jehovah with Abraham; Jehovah's purpose to
overthrow...
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ROSE UP, AND LOOKED TOWARD SODOM— i.e.. shewed their intention of
directing their course that way: though some conceive, that it implies
their intention of _setting their faces_ against or of destroyi...
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PART THIRTY-ONE
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE PATRIARCH AS INTERCESSOR
Genesis 18:1-33
1. _Abraham as the Gracious Host_ (Genesis 18:1-8)
1 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat...
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_AND THE MEN ROSE UP FROM THENCE, AND LOOKED TOWARD SODOM: AND ABRAHAM
WENT WITH THEM TO BRING THEM ON THE WAY._
Men rose ... Abraham went with them. It is customary for a host to
escort his guests a...
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THE VISIT OF THE ANGELS TO ABRAHAM. THE JUDGMENT OF SODOM ANNOUNCED.
ABRAHAM INTERCEDES ON ITS BEHALF
In this beautiful narrative the writer dwells on the unique
revelations of God's purposes with whi...
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Abraham went with the men for a short distance. That was the custom.
Abraham would do the same for any travellers who had visited him. But
he knew that one traveller was God. Therefore, Abraham had an...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 18
GOD VISITS ABRAHAM
V1 The *Lord appeared to Abraham. Abraham was near to the big trees
at Mamre. He sat at the door of his tent. It was in the...
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THE MEN... LOOKED TOWARD SODOM. — This visitation of God combined
mercy and love for Abraham, and through him for all mankind, with the
punishment of men whose wickedness was so universal that there w...
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וַ יָּקֻ֤מוּ מִ שָּׁם֙ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
וַ
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ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION FOR SODOM
Genesis 18:1
THE scene with which this chapter opens is one familiar to the
observer of nomad life in the East. During the scorching heat and
glaring light of noon, w...
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ABRAHAM PLEADS FOR SODOM
Genesis 18:16
Christ had visited Abraham's tent, but He did more. He trusted him
with His secrets, and led him almost unconsciously to a degree of
faith and prayer that was f...
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This is the account of the sixth appearance of God to Abraham. In it
four phases of relationship between God and Abraham are revealed. God
visited Abraham and Abraham provided for Him. God bestowed on...
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ABRAHAM'S APPEAL FOR TWO CITIES
After repeating the promise of a son to Abraham and Sarah, God told
Abraham of his plans to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He may have done
that because Abraham was his fr...
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Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and
all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Reader! do not overlook what the Holy Ghost hath caused to be marked
so of...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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16._And the men rose up from thence_. Moses again calls those men,
whom he had openly declared to be _angels_. But he gives them the name
from the form which they had assumed. We are not, however, to...
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Chapter 18 is again a new unfolding of God's ways, here especially in
connection with the seed, already in a general way, as part of God's
purpose that it should be Abraham's seed according to grace a...
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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 app...
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1 Abraham entertaineth three Angels.
9 Sarah is reproued for laughing at the strange promise.
17 The destruction of Sodome is reuealed to Abraham.
23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof...
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The Lord reveals his plan regarding Sodom...
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And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way. The rising of the Lord and
His two companions and their looking over into the direction of...
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SEVENTH SECTION
_Abraham in the Oak-Grove of Mamre, and the three Heavenly Men.
Hospitality of Abraham. The definite announcement of the birth of a
Son. Sarah’s Doubt. The announcement of the judgmen...
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A DIVINE VISITATION
Though previous to this chapter we read twice of the Lord appearing to
Abraham (ch.13:7; 17:1), we are not told in what way He appeared. Now,
in chapter 18 we are faced with what i...
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16-22 The 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
in...
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A civility usual then and afterwards. See ACTS 20:38, ACTS 21:5 ROMANS
15:24 1 CORINTHIANS 16:11....
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This chapter affords a beautiful exemplification of the results of an
obedient, separated walk. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if
any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to hi...
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Genesis 18:16 men H582 rose H6965 (H8799) looked H8259 (H8686) toward
H6440 Sodom H5467 Abraham H85 went...
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‘And Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh saying ‘will I
really bear a child, when I am old?' Is anything too hard for Yahweh?
At the set time I will return to you when the season comes round,...
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CONTENTS: Abraham, the friend of God. Promise of the seed renewed. The
plea of Sodom.
CHARACTERS: God, Sarah, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: The closer the believer walks with God, the more he will
know of Go...
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Genesis 18:1. _The plains,_ or the oak, _of Mamre,_ which became a
far-famed place, because of Abraham's intercourse with the heavenly
guests.
Genesis 18:2. _Three men._ The manners of the east, and t...
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_And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and
all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?_
THE...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 18:16 The Lord reveals to Abraham his plan
to destroy Sodom and then carries out that plan. Through Abraham’s
intercession, Lot and his two daughters escape. The city’s
destruc...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 18:17. That thing which I do.] Which I purpose doing, or am
about to do.
GENESIS 18:19. FOR I KNOW HIM.] _Heb._ For I have known him. “It is
God’s _purpose_ with regard to Ab...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 18:16
AND 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 Sodo...
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And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day (Genesis 18:1);
And it can get awfully hot.
And he lifted up his eyes and he looked, and, beh...
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to bring. Acts 15:3 Acts 20:38 Acts 21:5 Romans 15:24 3 John 1:6...