Genesis 18:20

And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.

21I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

Isaiah 3:9Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

Jeremiah 14:7Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

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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