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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near . I .e. to Jehovah; not simply locally, but also spiritually. The religious use of יִגַּשּׁ as a performing religious services to God, or a pious turning of the mind to God, is found in Exodus 30:20 ; Isaiah 29:13 ; Jeremiah 30:21 ; and in a similar sense ἐγγίζω is employed in the New Testament (cf. Hebrews 4:16 ; Hebrews 10:22 ; James 4:8 ). The Jonathan Targum explains, "and Abraham prayed." And said. Commencing the sublimest act of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:23-33

Abraham's intercession. I. THE OBJECT OF HIS INTERCESSION . Not simply the rescue of Lot from the doomed cities, but the salvation of the cities themselves, with their miserable inhabitants. A request evincing— 1. Tender sympathy . Though doubtless the righteous character of the impending retribution had been explained to him, its appalling severity was such as to thrill his feeling heart with anguish, which would certainly not be lessened, but intensified, if he... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city . A charitable supposition, as the event showed, though at first sight it might not appear so to Abraham; and the bare Possibility of Sodom's—not Sodom alone (Kalisch), but the Pentapolis—containing so many good men was enough to afford a basis for the argument which followed. Wilt thou also destroy and not spare —literally, take away (sc. the iniquity) i.e. remove the punishment from—the place (not the godly portion of the city... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee —literally to profane things ( be it ) to thee—nefas sit tibi == absit a te! an exclamation of abhorrence, too feebly rendered by μηδαμῶς ( LXX .)— to do after this manner (literally, according to this word ) , to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked (literally, and that it should be—as the righteous, so the wicked ) , that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? The... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city (thus accepting the test proposed by Abraham, but not necessarily thereby acquiescing in the absolute soundness of his logic), then I will spare (not as an act of justice, but as an exercise of mercy, and not because of any suspicions that might otherwise attach to my rectitude, but solely in vindication of my clemency) all the place (not the righteous merely, which was all that justice could have legitimately... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said (being emboldened by the success of his first petition), Behold now, I have taken upon me , literally, I have begun, though here perhaps used in a more emphatic sense: I have undertaken or ventured— to speak unto the Lord —Adonai ( Genesis 15:2 )— which am but dust and ashes . "Dust in his origin and ashes in his end" (Delitzsch; vide Genesis 3:19 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? Literally, on account of five, i.e. because they are wanting. A rare example of holy ingenuity in prayer. Abraham, instead of pleading for the city's safety on account of forty-five, deprecates its destruction on account of five. And its said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:29

And he spoke unto him yet again —literally, and he added yet to speak to him (cf. Genesis 4:2 ; Genesis 8:10 , Genesis 8:12 ; Genesis 25:1 ) and said (increasing in his boldness as God abounded in his grace), Peradventure there shall be forty found there. Does Abraham hesitate to add the query, "Wilt thou also?" &c; as if fearing he had at last touched the limit of the Divine condescension. If so, he must have been surprised by the continued gracious response which his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:30

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord he angry ,—literally, let there not be burning with anger to the Lord ( Adonai )— and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:31

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me ( vide Genesis 18:27 ) to speak unto the Lord (Adonai): Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:23

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 18:31

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