Genesis 18:9-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:26

If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city ,.... Sodom is particularly mentioned because Lot dwelt there, and being the metropolis, and the city of greatest note, as Jarchi observes, it is put for the rest; and the sense is, if fifty righteous persons could be found in all the five cities, mercy should be shown them: then will I spare all the place for their sakes ; not Sodom only, but the whole country, of which Sodom was the chief; the Lord takes up and agrees to the number... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said ,.... In a very humble and modest manner, encouraged by the answer given him: behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ; suggesting that it was bold and daring in him, and was what he was unfit for and unworthy of; or, "I have begun to speak" F5 הואלתי לדבר "coepi, loquar", V. L. "loqui", Pagninus, Montanus; so Targum Jon. ; and since he had, he intimates, it would be a favour, and what he was undeserving of, might he be permitted to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there should lack five of the fifty righteous ,.... Or there should be but forty five; for Abraham perceived, by the Lord's answer, that there were not fifty righteous persons in the place: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? Abraham proceeds gradually in his requests, and does not ask too much at once, lest he should not succeed: and he said, if l find there forty and five, I will not destroy it ; that is, forty five righteous persons. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:29

And he spake unto him yet again, and said ,.... Being encouraged by such a gracious answer: Peradventure there shall be forty found there ; forty righteous persons; and, from preceding passages, it must be supplied,"wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for their sakes?" and he said, I will not do it for forty's sake ; but spare them for their sake. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:30

And he said unto him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak ,.... He feared, through his importunity, he should be wearisome to him and incur his displeasure; this being often the case among men, especially when inferiors are soliciting their superiors, and, not content with one favour, are pressing for more: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there ; the abatement is larger than before; he only made an abatement of five at a time, now ten at once, and so he proceeds: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:31

And he said, behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ,.... See Gill on Genesis 18:27 , Peradventure there shall be twenty found there ; wouldest thou destroy it, such a number being in it; or, wouldest thou spare it for their sakes? and he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake ; if there were no more in it, I would spare it for their sake. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:32

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once ,.... This should be the last request he should make on this account, and therefore he desired he might be heard without any marks of his displeasure: Peradventure ten shall be found there : how would the place be dealt with then? would it be consumed or not? and he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake ; though no more righteous persons were found in it. Some of the Jewish writers say F7 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 18:33

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 continue to do so; communion with him always is not to be expected in this life; he communes for a while, and then leaves off and goes his way, see Jeremiah 14:8 ; the Son of God in an human form, as soon as he had done talking with Abraham, perhaps disappeared to him, and went his way to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 18:10

I will certainly return - Abraham was now ninety-nine years of age, and this promise was fulfilled when he was a hundred; so that the phrase according to the time of life must mean either a complete year, or nine months from the present time, the ordinary time of pregnancy. Taken in this latter sense, Abraham was now in the ninety-ninth year of his age, and Isaac was born when he was in his hundredth year. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 18:11

It ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women - And consequently, naturally speaking, conception could not take place; therefore if she have a son it must be in a supernatural or miraculous way. read more

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