Verses 16-33
9. Abraham’s intercession for Lot 18:16-33
After God reviewed the reasons for sharing His plans for the destruction of Sodom with Abraham, He told the patriarch that He was about to investigate the wicked condition of that city. This news moved Abraham to ask God to be just in His dealings with the righteous there.
"A rhetorical question in each section-’Is anything too demanding for Yahweh?’ [Genesis 18:14]; ’Shall not he who judges all the earth give right judgment?" [Genesis 18:25]-sounds the major motif of each unit [Genesis 18:1-15 and Genesis 18:16-33]. . . . In both units it is some kind of noise that provokes Yahweh-Sarah’s laugh and Sodom’s groans." [Note: Hamilton, The Book . . . Chapters 18-50, pp. 16-17.]
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