Wesley's Notes on the Bible 325Introduction to Chapter 18

We have an account in this chapter of another interview between God and Abraham, probably within a few days after the former, as the reward of his chearful obedience to the law of circumcision. Here is,

I. The visit which God made him, ver. 1-8

II. The matters discoursed of between them,

1. The purposes of God's love concerning Sarah, ver. 9-15.

2. The purposes of God's wrath concerning Sodom. (1.) The discovery God made to Abraham of his design to destroy Sodom, ver. 16-22. (2.) The intercession Abraham made for Sodom, ver. 23-33.