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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 18:14

Is any thing too hard, etc.] Cp. the Angel Gabriel's words to Mary, 'With God nothing shall be impossible' (Luke 1:37).

17-21. God reveals to Abraham the purpose of the visit to Sodom. It was essential that His servant as founder of a great nation should understand God's dealings with nations generally; that He is concerned in their affairs, and that whilst 'slow to anger and of great kindness 'He is a righteous God who will by no means clear the guilty.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 18:14. _IS ANY THING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?_] היפלא מיהוה דבר _hayippale meihovah dabar_, shall a word (or thing) be wonderful from the Lord? i.e., Can any thing be too great a miracle...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS ANY THING? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ HARD. wonderful.. similar question and same Figure of speech used in Luke 1:37. TIME APPOINTED. See note on Genesis 1:14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _too hard for the Lord_ Lit., as marg, _wonderful_. The LXX rendering μὴ ἀδυνατεῖ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ῥῆμα finds an echo in St Luke 1:37. Compare Jeremiah 32:17, "Ah! Lord God! behold, thou hast made, the hea...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 28 SARAH REPROVED FOR HER UNBELIEF Genesis 18:13. _And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ יִפָּלֵ֥א מֵ יְהוָ֖ה דָּבָ֑ר לַ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hard. So Gabriel says to the blessed Virgin: there is nothing impossible to God, Luke i. 37._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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