Genesis 18:17

and YHWH said, “Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the men rise from there, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

18and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24and YHWH has rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH, from the heavens;

2 Chronicles 20:7Are You not our God? You have dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Your friend Abraham for all time,

Amos 3:7For Lord YHWH does nothing, || Except He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.

James 2:23And the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”; and, “Friend of God” he was called.

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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