Genesis 18:21

I 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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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

20The Lord said, “The complaint has come that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah have committed great and terrible sins.

22As the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, Abraham remained standing before the Lord

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Cross References

Genesis 11:5But when the Lord came down to see the city and tower that people had built,

Joshua 22:22“The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord, knows well, and Israel will know, if we were rebels or broke faith (if we did, do not spare us!)

Psalms 90:8Our sins you have set before you, our secrets in the light of your face.

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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