The Loyd appears to Abraham, 1. He ſees three men, 2. Invites them, accept it, 4, 5. He prepares for them a calf, &c. they eat, 6 ———g The promiſe of a ſon by Sarah renewed ; the time appointed, g. Sarah, being old, laughs, 1), 12. God reproves hey, 13. And confirms the promiſe, 14. Her denial, and God's reply, 15. The mengs towards Sodom 16. God reſolves to ſhew Abraham his purpoſe to deſtroy Sodom, 17. The reaſon of it, 18. God's teſtimony of him, 19. God reveals his purpoſe ro him, 20 -—22. Abraham's interceſſion for Sodom, oft repeated, and God's condeſcention, 25 ==3 2.
A ND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains
of Mamre : and he fat in the tent-door s in the heat of the day 6b.
a Waiting for Strangers which might paſs that way ; for whom no publick places being provided in thoſe times and places, verruous perſons uſed to enrertain .them in their Houſes. See Heb: 13: 2. b The time when Travellers, eſpecially in thoſe hot Countries, uſed to divert and refreſh themſelves.
2 * And he lift up his eyes and looked, and lo, three * Neb: men c ſtood by him : and when he ſaw them, he ran to 13: 2 meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himſelf
toward the ground 4, | c As they ſeemed to be, though indeed they were Angels in Mens ' ſhape. 4 A reſpe& uſually paid te perſons of quality, ſuck as theſe ſeeined to be,
3 And ſaid, My LORD e, if now I have found favour in thy ſight, paſs not away, I pray thee, from thy ſervant.
e He direQeth his Speech to one, who, by the Majeſty of his Countenance, and the Reſpe& which the other twa ſhewed him ſcemed to be the chiefofthem, ?
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and waſh your feet f, and reft your ſelves under the tree.
7 A prattiſe uſual in thoſe parts, Gen: 19: 2: and 24:34: and 43: 247 Jolm 13: 4, 5: 1Tim: 5: 10: becauſe they uſed to travel either bare. footed, oronly with Sandals to cover and ſecure the bottom of their
Feer., 5 AndI will fetch a morſel of bread, and + comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye ſhall paſs on : for therefore F are ye come to your ſervantg, And they ſaid, So #Heb. fa do as thou haft ſaid. tHebs, g Nor thar he faith, or thought that this was their deſign, but an I* --ve effe&t of Divine Providence. The meaning is, Therefore hath God 22/4.
directed you this way, thatI might have an occaſion of performing my Duty to you. which I chearfully embrace.
6 And Abraham haſtened into the tent unto Sarah,
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| and faid, + Make ready quickly three meaſures þ of fine 4 Hb;
meal: knead zt, and make cakes upon the hearth 5.
þ Containing each the third part of an Ephah. See Exod: 16: 36: ; Upen the Coals, or inthe warm Cinders, or -in an Oven. He h- doubtleſs other Bread ready, but he would have gew Bread for them, which he thought moſt grateful. | 7 And Abraham ranunto the herd, and fetcht a calf render and good, and gave it untg a young man ; and he haſted co dreſs it,
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Chap. XVII. | 3 And he took butter and milk,and the calf * which he had dreifed, and fer zz before them ; and he ſtood
by them & under the tree, and they did eat /,
* To wit, the Choiceft parts of the Calf. k To wait upon them, as the word ftianding 15 uſed, Nehem. I2: 44. Jer: 52: 12. | Either ſeemingly, as the SCrIPrure oft ſpeaks of things according to ap- pcarance-; or reitly, rhey receive the meat into the Bodies which they aſſumed, whete it was conſumed by a Divine Power.
5 4 And they ſaid unto him »z, Where is Sarah thy
wife 2 And he ſaid, Behold, in the tent ».
-n (i. e.) One of them, in the name of all, ſaid ; which he did rot for his own ſatisfattion, for he who knew her name, knew alſo where ſhe was, bur to give occaſion for the following diſcourſe. 2 In her Tent; for Men and Women had then their feveral Tents
or Apartments. : | io And he ſaid, I will certainly return unto thee
+ Heb: ro 0 according to the time of life p ; and lo, * Sarah be living thy wife ſhall have a ſon. And Sarah heard z: in che