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Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
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Anxious Faith in Action
Commentators highlight that Abraham's early rising shows his deep concern and active faith. He returned to the very spot where he had interceded with God, anxiously waiting to see the outcome of his prayers, especially regarding his nephew Lot.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
19th Century
Anglican
Abraham gat up early in the morning. —This was necessary, because he had a walk of some miles before he reached the p…
Baptist
For I cannot do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot e…
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16th Century
Protestant
And Abraham got up early in the morning. Moses now reverts to Abraham and shows that he, by no means, neglected what he had heard from the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Abraham got up early in the morning Perhaps he had had but little sleep the whole night, his thoughts being take…
Lot was good, but there was no one else of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Therefore, care was t…
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