Genesis Chapter 18 verse 9 Holy Bible
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.
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And they said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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And they said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife? He said, "See, in the tent."
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And they say unto him, `Where `is' Sarah thy wife?' and he saith, `Lo -- in the tent;'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And they said unto him (i.e. the Principal One of the three, speaking for the others, interrogated Abraham during the progress, or perhaps at the close of, the meal saying), Where is Sarah thy wife? (thus indicating that their visit had a special reference to her). And he said, Behold, in the tent. It is obvious that if at first Abraham regarded his visitors only as men, by this time a suspicion of their true character must have begun to dawn upon his mind. How should ordinary travelers be aware of his wife s name? and why should they do so unusual a thing, according to Oriental manners, as to inquire after her? If thus far their behavior could not fail to surprise the patriarch, what must have been his astonishment at the subsequent communication?
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) They said.--But in Genesis 18:10 "he said," and in Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:17; Genesis 18:20, &c, "the Lord (Jehovah) said." The messenger speaks as one with Jehovah, or as being His representative.Where is Sarah thy wife?--This question is contrary to Oriental manners, as the women may be referred to only in the most indirect manner. But during the meal Abraham, as he talked with the strangers, had probably begun to recognise in them something more than human.
