When he raised his eyes and looked, behold, three (A)men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed down to the ground,

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Abraham looked up(A) and saw three men(B) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.(C)

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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

The Doom of Sodom

19 Now the (A)two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When (B)Lot saw them, he stood up to meet them and [a]bowed down with his face to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:1 Lit bowed himself

Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

19 The two angels(A) arrived at Sodom(B) in the evening, and Lot(C) was sitting in the gateway of the city.(D) When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.(E)

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