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Genesis 18:33 KJV
Genesis · chapter 18 · verse 33
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.Genesis 18:33 · King James Version
Genesis 18:33 in context
31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
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 ten’s sake.
33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- communingdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- leftkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- wayyâlakto walkH3212 →
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Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. In the word God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to him. God had revealed to Abraham his purposes concerning Sodom; now from this Abraham takes occasion to speak to God on Sodom's behalf.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-33