Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
- KJV And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
- NKJV And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord.
- NASB Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord;
- NLT Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord’s presence.
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Quick answer
Early the next morning Abraham returns to where he had stood before the LORD.
Overview
Abraham goes back to the place of his intercession, anxious for the outcome. The detail links the destruction directly to his earlier pleading. It shows the intercessor watching to see how God answers his prayers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Hab 2:1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
- Ps 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Heb 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Ezek 16:49–50Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Gen 18:22–33And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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