Genesis 18 - Introduction

A.M. 2107. B.C. 1897.

We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few days after the former, as the reward of his cheerful obedience to the law of circumcision. Here is,

( 1,) The visit which God made him, Genesis 18:1.

(2,) The matters discoursed of between them; 1, The purposes of God's love concerning Sarah, Gen 18:9 to Genesis 15:2, The purposes of God's wrath concerning Sodom. First, The discovery God made to Abraham of his design to destroy Sodom, Genesis 18:16. Second, The intercession Abraham made for Sodom, Genesis 18:23.