16 Then (A)the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.

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Abraham Pleads for Sodom

16 When the men(A) got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.

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Abraham Appeals for Sodom

22 Then (A)the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before (B)the Lord.

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22 The men(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the Lord remained standing before Abraham

Jacob Wrestles

24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man (A)wrestled with him until daybreak.

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24 So Jacob was left alone,(A) and a man(B) wrestled with him till daybreak.

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13 Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

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The Fall of Jericho

13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man(A) standing in front of him with a drawn sword(B) in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

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Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “(A)A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. So I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. But he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any [a]unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

Then Manoah pleaded with the Lord and said, “Lord, please let (B)the man of God whom You have sent come to us again so that he may teach us what we are to do for the boy who is to be born.” And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and (C)the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 So the woman hurried and ran, and told her [b]husband, “Behold, (D)the man who [c]came the other day has appeared to me!” 11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, “Are you (E)the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “I am.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 13:7 I.e., ritually unclean
  2. Judges 13:10 Lit husband, and said to him
  3. Judges 13:10 Lit came to me

Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God(A) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,(B) very awesome.(C) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name. But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine(D) or other fermented drink(E) and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.(F)’”

Then Manoah(G) prayed to the Lord: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God(H) you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”

God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her. 10 The woman hurried to tell her husband, “He’s here! The man who appeared to me(I) the other day!”

11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who talked to my wife?”

“I am,” he said.

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Do not neglect (A)hospitality to strangers, for by this some have (B)entertained angels without knowing it.

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)

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