Genesis 18:22
New International Version
The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

New Living Translation
The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.

English Standard Version
So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

King James Bible
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

New King James Version
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

NASB 1995
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

NASB 1977
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
Now the [two] men (angelic beings) turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

American Standard Version
And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the men turned from there and they went to Sadom, and Abraham was still standing before LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
The men turned and started toward Sodom. But the LORD stayed with Abraham.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.

English Revised Version
And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From there the men turned and went on toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of the LORD.

Good News Translation
Then the two men left and went on toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.

International Standard Version
Then two of the men turned away from there and walked toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing in the presence of the LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
and the men turn from there, and go toward Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

New American Bible
As the men turned and walked on toward Sodom, Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

NET Bible
The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

World English Bible
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Abraham Begs for Sodom
21I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.” 22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?…

Cross References
Genesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

Genesis 18:2
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 18:16
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.

Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Genesis 19:1
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Genesis 19:27
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

the men.

Genesis 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

stood.

Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Psalm 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Jeremiah 15:1
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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Genesis 18
1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.
9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son.
16. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham.
23. Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants.














(22) Abraham stood yet before the Lord (before Jehovah).--The two angels went on their way in form as men, towards Sodom, but the one who was a manifestation of Jehovah (Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:17) remained behind.

Verse 22. - And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom (i.e. two of the three proceeded on their way towards the Jordan valley, while the third was detained by the patriarch, probably on the heights overlooking the plain, for a sublime act of intercession which is thus briefly but suggestively described): but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. According to the Masorites the text originally read, "And the Lord stood before Abraham, and was changed because it did not seem becoming to speak of God standing in the presence of a creature. This, however, is a mere Rabbinical conceit. As Abraham is not said to hays stood before the three men, the expression points to spiritual rather than to local contiguity.

CHAPTER 18:23-33

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And [the two] men
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

turned
וַיִּפְנ֤וּ (way·yip̄·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

away
מִשָּׁם֙ (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and went
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

toward Sodom,
סְדֹ֑מָה (sə·ḏō·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

but Abraham
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (wə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

remained
עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ (‘ō·w·ḏen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

standing
עֹמֵ֖ד (‘ō·mêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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