John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 19:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Abraham got up early in the morning, etc.] Perhaps he had had but little sleep the whole night, his thoughts being taken up with what was to befall the cities of the plain; and especially being in great concern for Lot and his family: to the place where he stood before the Lord; (<011822>Genesis 18:22); to the very spot of ground where he had stood the day before in the presence of the Lord, and had conversed with him, and prayed unto him; and so the Targum of Jonathan, “to the place where he ministered in prayer before the Lord;” here he came and stood waiting for an answer to his prayers; and perhaps this place was an eminence, from whence he could have a view of the plain of Jordan and the cities on it; and so it appears from (<011928>Genesis 19:28).

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