Genesis 18:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.”
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“And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 18:22 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:1Then 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.
- Genesis 18:16When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
- 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,
- Genesis 19:27Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
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