Genesis 18:2

looked. See note on Genesis 13:14.

lo. The Figure of speech Asterismos.

three men. Elohim (App-4) and two angels called men (Hebrew. 'ish, plural, App-14) here, and verses: Genesis 18:16; Genesis 18:22, but in Genesis 19:1; Genesis 19:15 the two are called "angels". Three the No. of Divine perfection (see App-10). "When two departed, Elohim (the Divine Presence) remained (verses: Genesis 18:16; Genesis 18:22).

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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,

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