Genesis 18:16-18 And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.… 1. The importance of his character. He was not only the friend of God, but the father of "a great nation," in which God would have a special interest, and through which "all other nations should be blessed." Let him be in the secret. 2. The good use he would make of it. Being previously disclosed to him, he would be the more deeply impressed by it: and according to his tried and approved conduct as the head of a family, would be concerned to impart it as a warning to his posterity in all future ages. As the wicked extract ill from good, so the righteous will extract good from ill Sodom's destruction shall turn to Abraham's salvation: the monument of just vengeance against their crimes shall be of perpetual use to him and his posterity, and contribute even to the "bringing of that good upon them, which the Lord had spoken concerning them. (A. Fuller.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. |
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