Genesis 18:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 18:16 : 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen 18:22 : 22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
Gen 31:55 : 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 17:22
82%
22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Gen 18:21-23
3 verses
77%
21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
Gen 35:13
76%
13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
Gen 18:16-17
2 verses
76%
16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
Gen 19:27
74%
27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:
Gen 22:4-5
2 verses
73%
4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
Gen 18:32
72%
32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
Gen 22:19
72%
19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
Gen 17:3
72%
3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Gen 13:3
72%
3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,
Gen 12:4
72%
4So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Gen 18:1-3
3 verses
71%
1And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen 13:18
71%
18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 22:15
71%
15And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
Gen 18:27
70%
27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
Gen 13:1
69%
1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
Gen 33:12
69%
12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Gen 13:9
69%
9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou take] the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Num 24:25
69%
25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
Gen 22:11
69%
11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.
Gen 19:29
69%
29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Gen 21:1
69%
1And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Gen 31:3
68%
3And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Gen 12:1
68%
1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: