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In Genesis chapter 19, two anthropomorphic elohim came to Sodom and visited Abraham's nephew, Lot. The Hebrew word elohim actually means 'gods'. Consistent with strict monotheism, the English translation is given as 'angels', but as the passage progresses it does not maintain this meaning very easily. The men were not mere messengers, but exercised more power than 'angels' in any other passage in The Bible, and in addition, Lot deferred to them as if to deities.

When three men appeared to Abraham in the plains of Mamre, we are left in no doubt that the Lord was present and no attempt is made to assert that the men were angels. Abraham negotiated with one of the men, the Lord, to spare the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah if good men could be found to live there. Here, the Lord was the God of the Israelites.

There is no doubt that in the earliest version of this story, three gods had visited Abraham

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Jewish tradition is that the three angels, Michael, Raphael and Gabriel, were the ones who visited Abraham (Genesis ch.18, with Rashi commentary).

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3 Angels. See Rashi's explanation based on the Midrash.

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Angels in disguise.

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Q: Who are the three visitors with Abraham that told him and Sarah they going to have a child in there old age?
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