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Genesis 18:17

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

In Context

16And the men rose up thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to conduct them.

18Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,

2 Chronicles 20:7Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?

Amos 3:7But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

James 2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:17-23

Abraham's Interview with God. ( b. c. 1898.) 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 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… Read the whole commentary →

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