33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-33)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. Note, God’s word then does us good when it furnishes us with matter for prayer and excites us to it. When God has spoken to us, we must consider what we ha…
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