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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Genesis 19:24 → Genesis 18:1

Echo

Later text

Genesis 19:24BSB

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Earlier text

Genesis 18:1BSB

Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

Significance

Genesis 18:1 opens with "the LORD appeared (וַיֵּרָא, vayyera') to Abraham," introducing a theophany in which YHWH takes visible, human form, eats a meal, and converses with Abraham about Sodom's fate. Genesis 19:24 then states that "the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens," a striking formulation that distinguishes between the LORD present on earth (who has been with Abraham) and the LORD acting from heaven. The narrative arc from theophanic visitation to fiery judgment creates a pattern in which divine presence precedes divine justice: YHWH first appears in grace (promising Isaac, hearing Abraham's intercession) before executing wrath. This two-stage pattern of gracious appearance followed by catastrophic judgment becomes paradigmatic for later theophanies and prophetic visions of the Day of the LORD throughout Israel's Scripture.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ) Trajectory Table