Genesis 18:20

The Lord said, “The complaint has come that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah have committed great and terrible sins.

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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 have chosen him in order that he may teach his sons and his household after him, and that they may keep the way of the Lord, by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring on Abraham that which he has promised concerning him.”

21I will go down and see whether they have done exactly as the complaint comes to me; and if they have not, I will know.”

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord replied, “Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 13:13(But the men of Sodom were very wicked and sinned against the Lord.)

James 5:4Listen! The wages you have held back from the laborers who mowed your fields are crying out against you, and the outcries of your harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts!

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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