Genesis 18:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. PLAINS. among the oaks of Mamre. Compare Genesis 13:18; Genesis 14:13, and Genesis 18:8. SAT. was sitting.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. PLAINS. among the oaks of Mamre. Compare Genesis 13:18; Genesis 14:13, and Genesis 18:8. SAT. was sitting.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 pe... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Jehovah, not Adonai. See App-32. But plural throughout Genesis 19 of the _two._... [ Continue Reading ]
WASH YOUR FEET.. common practice to this day; needed from use of sandals and bare feet; Compare Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put for food in general.... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE MEASURES. Note the No. 3. See Genesis 18:2 and App-10. CAKES. Evidently unleavened.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAN. Such speedy hospitality common in the East.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREE. See Genesis 18:1. EAT. We do not understand this mystery. But we read of "angels' food" (Psalms 78:25); and that Christ ate after His resurrection (Luke 24:30; Luke 24:43.Acts 10:41; Acts 10:41).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE, &C. Translate "And as to Sarah thy wife... and he [interrupting] said, Lo! [she is] in the tent". See App-31.... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAINLY RETURN. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (returning. will return) for emphasis. LO! Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. heard. Hebrew was listening.... [ Continue Reading ]
OLD. This explains how Rebekah,. granddaughter of Abraham's brother, should be old enough to marry Isaac, Abraham's son.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAUGHED. See note on Genesis 17:17. AFTER. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ MY LORD. Hebrew. _Adon._ See App-4 and compare 1 Peter 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS ANY THING? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ HARD. wonderful.. similar question and same Figure of speech used in Luke 1:37. TIME APPOINTED. See note on Genesis 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED. looked down upon. Hebrew. _shakaph._ First occurance.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL. HIDE? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Compare Amos 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SURELY BECOME. Hebrew "being shall be". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ See note on Genesis 26:28. NATIONS. Another proof that the mystery (Ephesians 3) means more than Gentile blessing. Compare Genesis 22:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. how that. COMMAND. Compare Psalms 78:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRY. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GO DOWN. let us now go down. See Genesis 11:7; Exodus 3:8, all times of judgment. THE CRY. Should be _their outcry:_ with Septuagint, Targum of Onkelos, and ancient reading in MSS. called _Sevir._ See App-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEN. Probably the two of Genesis 19:1. ABRAHAM STOOD YET BEFORE THE LORD. The primitive text read "Jehovah stood yet before Abraham. "One of the 18 emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. even, or really. Note the. petitions in Abraham's prayer, verses: Genesis 18:24. See App-10. WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERADVENTURE. perhaps.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6. "Earth" put for its inhabitants... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Primitive Text was Jehovah, and the Sopherim changed it to Adonai. These are distinguished in the text by an asterisk, and printed LORD*. See list, App-32. DUST AND ASHES. Figure of speech _Meiosis._ App-6. Also _Paronomasia_ (v'ephar 'aphar).... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT HIS WAY. The same as the one who came in verses: Genesis 18:1; Genesis 18:2.... [ Continue Reading ]