Passage Research
Genesis 18 — Sermon Preparation
Three visitors announce that Sarah will bear a son within a year, and Abraham intercedes with God over the fate of Sodom. Below is a research summary for Genesis 18, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 437 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 18 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַבְרָהָם | ʼAbrâhâm | H85 | 13 | Abraham |
| שָׂרָה | Sârâh | H8283 | 10 | Sarah |
| מָצָא | mâtsâʼ | H4672 | 8 | come, appear |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 7 | just |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 8 | arrange, speak |
| צָחַק | tsâchaq | H6711 | 4 | laugh outright, sport |
| סְדֹם | Çᵉdôm | H5467 | 4 | Sedom |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is the first solemn prayer upon record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be spared, if but a few righteous persons should be found in it. Come and learn from Abraham what compassion we should feel for sinners, and how earnestly we should pray for them. We see here that the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Abraham, indeed, failed in his request for the whole place, but Lot was miraculously delivered. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 18:23–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sodom— Gen 18:16
- Gomorrah— Gen 18:20
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