Genesis 18:16

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

Webster's Revision

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

World English Bible

The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

English Revised Version (ERV)

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Definitions for Genesis 18:16

Thence - There; that place.

Clarke's Genesis 18:16 Bible Commentary

Abraham went with them to bring them on the way - This was another piece of primitive hospitality - to direct strangers in the way. Public roads did not then exist and guides were essentially necessary in countries where villages were seldom to be met with, and where solitary dwellings did not exist.