Genesis 18:2
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And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
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We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few days after the former, as the reward of his cheerful obedience to the law of circumcision. Here is, I. The kind visit which God made him, and the kind entertainment which he gave to that visit (Gen 18:1-8). II. The matters discoursed of between them. 1. The purposes of God's love concerning Sarah (Gen 18:9-15). 2. The purposes of God's wrath concerning Sodom. (1.) The discovery God made to Abraham of his design to destroy Sodom (Gen 18:16-22). (2.) The intercession Abraham made for Sodom (Gen 18:23, etc.).
Open source ↗18:2-8 Abraham received his visitors as very important guests, perhaps realizing that they were messengers from God.
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
Now 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,
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.