Genesis 18:17

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

Genesis 18:17 — American Standard Version

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Context — Genesis 18

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14Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

18seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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