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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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham,.... It is great and wonderful condescension for God to commune with a creature; it is an act of sovereignty how long he will…
- 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…
Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. In the word God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to him. God had revealed to Abraham his purposes concerning Sodom; now from this Abraham takes…
Cambridge Bible
communing with i.e. "speaking to," as in Gen 18:18; Gen 18:18; Gen 18:18.
unto his place i.e. "the terebinths of Mamre" (Gen 18:18), from which Abraham had gone forth to escort the Angels (Gen 18:18).…
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