And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
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Gill's Exposition
And said, my Lord,.... He addressed himself to one of them who appeared to him to be the greatest and most honourable, either by the appearance of his countenance, or by his dress, or by the situation…
- The Visit of the Lord to Abraham 2. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body in token of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight inclination of the body to entire prostration…
Adam Clarke
And said, My Lord, etc. - The word is אדני Adonai, not יהוה Yehovah, for as yet Abraham did not know the quality of his guests. For an explanation of this word, See note on Gen 15:8.
The appearance of God to Abraham seems to have had in it more of freedom and familiarity, and less of grandeur and majesty, than those we have hitherto read of; and therefore more resembles that great…
Cambridge Bible
My lord R.V. marg. O Lord. The Heb. word so rendered has received three different translations.
(1) "O Lord," as in Gen 18:18; Gen 18:30-32, Adonâi, addressed to God. So the Massoretic Heb. text,…