Genesis 18:20

And Hashem said, Because the outcry of Sodom and Amora is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall be shomer over the Derech Hashem, to do tzedakah and mishpat; that Hashem may bring upon Avraham that which He hath spoken [promised] of him.

21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the crying out [for punishment] of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will have da'as.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brotherʼs dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah.

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were ra'im and chatta'im before Hashem exceedingly.

Isaiah 3:9The show of their countenance doth testify against them; 1 and they make known their chet like S'dom; 1 they conceal it not. 1 Oy to their nefesh! For they do ra'ah unto themselves. 1

Jeremiah 14:7Hashem, though avoneinu (our iniquities) testify against us, 1 do Thou it l'ama'an (for the sake of) Shemecha (Thy Name); 1 for meshuvoteinu (our backslidings) are great; 1 we have sinned against Thee. 1

James 5:4Hinei, the wages of the po'alim (workers) who cut your fields, the wages you fraudulently withheld, those wages cry out, and the cries of the harvesting po'alim have reached the ears of Adonoi Tz'vaot. + 5:4 Lv 19:13; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; Dt 24:15

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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