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Genesis 18:33

in Genesis 18

When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

KJV

And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

This verse in Genesis 18

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But there were not ten "righteous persons." There was only one, and he might without injustice have perished in the general overthrow (Ec 9:2). But a difference is sometimes made, and on this occasion the grace of God was manifested in a signal manner for the sake of Abraham.

This site's exposition

the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham

The conversation ends when Abraham stops. Henry notes that the LORD stayed until Abraham had said all he had to say. Sodom held fewer than ten righteous, so the terms he settled were never met. At 19:29 God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the overthrow.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The visions of God must not be constant in this world, where it is by faith only that we are to set God before us. God did not go away till Abraham had said all he had to say; for he is never weary of hearing prayer, Isa. lix.
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The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • כִּלָּ֔הhe had finished

    kilahH3615 →208 times

  • לְדַבֵּ֖רto speak

    ledaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֑םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

  • וְאַבְרָהָ֖םand Abraham

    veavrahamH85 →175 times

  • שָׁ֥בhe returned

    shavH7725 →1056 times

  • לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃to place his

    limkomoH4725 →401 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 32:26

    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

    it leads to

    • Hosea 12:4

      Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

    • Psalms 115:12–13

      The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;

    • 2 Corinthians 12:8–9

      Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

    • 1 Chronicles 4:10

      And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will…

    • Psalms 67:1

      May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

  • Through

    Genesis 18:22

    And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 19:1

      Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

    • Ezekiel 22:30

      I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no…

  • Through

    Genesis 31:55

    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 31:28

      But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Abraham and the Three Angels — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Abraham and the Three Angels — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.