Genesis 18:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

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  • Gen 19:1 : 1 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
  • Acts 7:55 : 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
  • 1 Tim 2:1 : 1 Prayer for All People First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
  • Gen 18:1-2 : 1 Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  • Gen 18:16 : 16 Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

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  • Gen 18:16-17
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    16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

    17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

  • Gen 18:23-29
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    23Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

    24What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

    26So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

    27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),

    28what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied,“I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

    29Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

  • Gen 19:26-29
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    26But Lot’s wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.

    27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

    29So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

  • Gen 18:20-21
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    20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

    21that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”

  • Gen 18:31-33
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    31Abraham said,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

    32Finally Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied,“I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

    33The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

  • Gen 18:1-3
    3 verses
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    1Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

    2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

  • Gen 19:1-2
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    1The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

    2He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”

  • Gen 13:12-14
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    12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

    13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)

    14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

  • Gen 17:22
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    22When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

  • Gen 19:16-18
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    16When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the LORD had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.

    17When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”

    18But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!

  • Gen 19:4
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    4Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men– both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom– surrounded the house.

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

  • Gen 19:6
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    6Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

  • Gen 22:11
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    11But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

  • Gen 22:15
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    15The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

  • Gen 19:9
    70%

    9“Out of our way!” they cried, and“This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We’ll do more harm to you than to them!” They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

  • Gen 22:5
    70%

    5So he said to his servants,“You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”

  • Gen 23:7
    70%

    7Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

  • Gen 19:21
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    21“Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.