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Genesis 18:17

And Hashem said, Shall I hide from Avraham that thing which I do;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the Anashim rose up from thence, and peered toward Sodom; and Avraham went with them to send them on the way.

18Seeing that Avraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and kol goyei ha'aretz (all the nations of the earth) shall be blessed in him?

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24Then Hashem rained upon Sodom and upon Amora gofrit and eish from Hashem out of Shomayim;

2 Chronicles 20:7Art not Thou Eloheinu, Who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before Thy people Yisroel, and gavest it to the Zera Avraham ohav'cha l'olam (Thy friend forever)?

Amos 3:7Surely Adonoi Hashem will do nothing, 1 but He revealeth His sod (secret) 1 unto His avadim hanevi'im. 1

James 2:23And the Kitvei Hakodesh was fulfilled, Avraham Avinu V'HE'EMIN B'HASHEM V'YACHSHEVEHA LO TZEDAKAH + 2:23 Gn 15:6 (believed Hashem and it was accounted to him for righteousness). He was even called “Ohev Hashem” + 2:23 Gn 15:6; Isa 41:8; 2Chr 20:7 (“Friend of G-d”).

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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