Genesis 18 - Introduction - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

A.M. 2107. B.C. 1897.

We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few days after the former, as the reward of his cheerful obedience to the law of circumcision. Here is,

( 1,) The visit which God made him, Genesis 18:1-8.

(2,) The matters discoursed of between them; 1, The purposes of God's love concerning Sarah, Gen 18:9 to Genesis 15:2, The purposes of God's wrath concerning Sodom. First, The discovery God made to Abraham of his design to destroy Sodom, Genesis 18:16-22. Second, The intercession Abraham made for Sodom, Genesis 18:23-33.