Genesis 18:33
in Genesis 18When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
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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.
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This verse in Genesis 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
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.
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כִּלָּ֔ה | kilah | he had finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| לְדַבֵּ֖ר | ledaber | to speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֑ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם | veavraham | and Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| שָׁ֥ב | shav | he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | limkomo | to place his | H4725 → | 401 times |
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 stopsEach 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 32:26Then 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
- Hosea 12:4
Through
Genesis 18:22And 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…
- Genesis 19:1
Through
Genesis 31:55Early 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.
- Genesis 31:28
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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.
