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                                     HOW MANY? 3? 1? AN EXCERCISE IN PLURALITY  (Or not!)

This is a familiar passage but there is a point of study here not commonly seen. The verses switch back and forth from 3rd person singular to plural. Is the LORD separate from the 3? Is he the 3 in one? No commentary here, just food for study. Please see the study on thee/thine and ye/you for more on singular and plural(sometimes otherwise hidden in the text). Click here to go to that page
Gen. 18:1   And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
                      and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen. 18:2   And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood
                      by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from                                                                        the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Gen. 18:3  And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight,
                     pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen. 18:4   Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet,
                       and rest yourselves under the tree:
Gen. 18:5   And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
                      hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come
                      to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Gen. 18:6   And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,
                      Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
                      make cakes upon the hearth.
Gen. 18:7   And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and
                      good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Gen. 18:8   And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had
                      dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under
                      the tree, and they did eat.
Gen. 18:9   And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he
                       said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen. 18:10   And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to
                        the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And
                         Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Gen. 18:11   Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age;
                        and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen. 18:12   Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am
                         waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Gen. 18:13   And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
                         laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Gen. 18:14   Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I
                        will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah
                        shall have a son.
Gen. 18:15   Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
                        And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Gen. 18:16   And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
                        Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the
                        way.
Gen. 18:17   And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing
                        which I do;
Gen. 18:18   Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
                         nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
                         him?
Gen. 18:19   For I know him, that he will command his children and his
                        household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
                         LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring
                         upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Gen. 18:20   And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and
                         Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen. 18:21   I will go down now, and see whether they have done
                         altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me;
                         and if not, I will know.
Gen. 18:22   And the men turned their faces from thence, and went
                        toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Gen. 18:23   And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy
                         the righteous with the wicked?
Gen. 18:24  Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt
                        thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty
                        righteous that are therein?


S  
the LORD

P    three men; them


S      Lord; thy; thee

P     your; yourselves

P      ye;  your; hearts; they


p      three measures(one portion for each)




P      them; they


P     they

S       he;  I






S       The LORD

S        The LORD; I


S         he

P     the men; them


S     The LORD; I 




S     I



S     The LORD

S      I; me


P     the men; their       S    The LORD
S      Thou

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