Genesis 18:21

I must go down and see if the things I have heard are true.”

Anindilyakwa (portions)

In The King James Version

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

In Context

20Then Yahweh spoke to Abraham and said, “I have been told that those people of Sodom and Gomorrah are very wicked. They are doing bad things all the time.

22Then the two men left and went on down the hill and over towards Sodom. But Yahweh stayed there with Abraham.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:5Then the people made many small houses and one very high tower. And Yahweh came down to see them.

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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