Genesis 18:22

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

Cross-reference

Genesis 18:33 Historical context

Genesis 18:33 concludes this scene: the LORD departs and Abraham 'returned to his place'—the aftermath of the intercession begun here.

Genesis 18:1 Historical context

Genesis 18:1 opens this same scene—the LORD's visit at Mamre. Here the men depart while Abraham remains before the LORD.

Genesis 19:1 Historical context

Genesis 19:1 shows the angels arriving in Sodom as they set out to do in 18:22.

Genesis 19:17 Historical context

In Genesis 19:17, the angels who departed toward Sodom here now rescue Lot and his family from the city's destruction.

Genesis 19:27 Historical context

In Genesis 19:27, Abraham returns to 'the place where he had stood before the LORD'—same language, now witnessing judgment's aftermath.

In Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah also 'stood before' God to intercede and 'turn away your wrath'—same language and posture as Abraham here.

In Ezekiel 22:30, God sought someone to stand in the breach before him but found none—Abraham here fills that role for Sodom.

In Deuteronomy 5:5, Moses stands between God and Israel to mediate — echoing Abraham standing before the LORD here, interceding before judgment falls.

In Psalm 106:23, Moses 'stood in the breach' before God to turn away wrath—same intercessory posture Abraham takes here.

In Jeremiah 15:1, even Moses and Samuel standing before God wouldn't change his mind—a harder outcome than Abraham's intercession here.