Genesis 18:20-22
the cry Gen 4:10, Gen 19:13; Isa 3:9, Isa 5:7; Jer 14:7; Jas 5:4 sin Gen 13:13 I will go down This is spoken figuratively; and as the Jewish writers speak, according to the language of men. So eyes, ears, hands, and other members of the body are attributed to God, for effecting those things which men cannot accomplish without these members. Gen 11:5, Gen 11:7; Exod 3:8, Exod 33:5; Mic 1:3; John 6:38; 1Thess 4:16 see Job 34:22; Ps 90:8; Jer 17:1, Jer 17:10; Zeph 1:12; Heb 4:13 I will know Exod 33:5; Deut 8:2, Deut 13:3; Josh 22:22; Ps 139:1-24; Luke 16:15; 2Cor 11:11 the men Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1 stood The two, whom we suppose to have been created angels, departed at this time; and accordingly two entered Sodom at evening: while the one, called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, who "stood yet before the Lord." - Scott. Gen 18:1; Ps 106:23; Jer 15:1, Jer 18:20; Ezek 22:30; Acts 7:55; 1Tim 2:1
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