Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
Genesis 18:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
- KJV
- And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- WEB
- The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
- ASV
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
- LSV
- and the men turn from there, and go toward Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before YHWH.
- YLT
- and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.
- DBY
- And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.
- DRC
- And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
- GNV
- And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.
- JPS
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- LXXE
- And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.
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- the scribal traditions (Masora / Sopherim) reads יְהוָה׃ (“and Yahweh”); Leningrad Codex reads וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (“and Abraham”).
- the scribal traditions (Masora / Sopherim) reads אַבְרָהָם (“Abraham”); Leningrad Codex reads יְהוָֽה׃ (“Yahweh”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּפְנ֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ סְדֹ֑מָה וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ עֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀποστρέψαντες ἐκεῖθεν οἱ ἄνδρες, ἦλθον εἰς Σόδομα· Ἁβραὰμ δὲ ἔτι ἦν ἑστηκὼς ἐναντίον Κυρίου.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
- 1 Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
- Acts 7:55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
- Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Genesis 18:1–2Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from…
- Genesis 18:16When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
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