8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid...

1 From there Abraham journeyed [the same verb used of his trip to Egypt] toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and...

30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills [the original place where he was to go] with his two daughters, for he was afraid...

23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur [brimstone; the area smells...

12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of...

1 The two angels [see 18:22; who are they?] came to Sodom in the evening [having traveled 25 miles from Mamre], and Lot was sitting in...

22 So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom [now we understand these two to be angelic companions of the Lord (see 19:1)], but...

A new section begins on Sodom. This is its structure: A Abraham’s visitors look toward Sodom (18:16) B Divine reflections on Abraham and...

1 And the Lord appeared [editorial comment for our benefit to make us aware] to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his...

15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name [an alternative...