From the beginning of Parashat Vayara, who are the three beings who appeared to Abraham?
"He lifted his eyes and saw: And behold! three men were standing over him. He perceived, so he ran toward them from the entrance of the tent, and bowed toward the ground."
-- Beresheet 18:2
"Who were these 'three men'? They were the angels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael, who came to relay good tidings to Sarah that she would bear a son; Raphael, who came to heal Abraham; and Gabriel, who went to overturn Sodom."
-- Talmud Bavli, Bava Metzia 86b
והנה שלשה = "and behold! three men (=701)"
אלו מיכאל גבריאל ורפאל = "these are Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael (=701)"
-- Ba'al HaTurim, Commentary on Beresheet 18:2
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