‘And Yahweh went his way as soon as he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.'
Yahweh does not go down to Sodom. When Yahweh, or the angel of Yahweh, leaves the presence of men, where He goes is never described. He passes into the unseen world. What a remarkable picture this gives us of Abraham's position before Yahweh. Yahweh had been here to commune personally with Abraham. Sodom is left to his angels.
“And Abraham returned to his place.” His place is in the land where God has placed him. He has no desire to be in Sodom. And he is satisfied that he has done all that he can for Sodom, and that God will do what is right. Now he can only wait and see.