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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 18:22

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the men turned their faces from thence, etc.] From the place to which Abraham brought them on; these were only two of them, for the third continued with Abraham: and went towards Sodom; and are the two angels said to come thither at evening, (<011901>Genesis 19:1): but Abraham stood yet before the Lord; before the third person, whom Abraham now began to know more clearly; he stood before him with all reverence and humility, to hear what he had further to say to him, as well as to say something to him himself; he stood “yet”, he continued to stand after the departure of the two angels that were gone to Sodom. Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase it, “he ministered in prayer before the Lord.”
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