Genesis 18:21

I 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

20And Hashem said, Because the outcry of Sodom and Amora is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

22And the Men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Avraham stood yet before Hashem.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:5And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.

Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the yad Mitzrayim, and to bring them up out of that land unto an eretz tovah, a spacious eretz zavat cholov udevash; unto the place of the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi.

Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember kol haderech which Hashem Eloheicha led thee these arba'im shanah in the midbar, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine lev, whether thou wouldest be shomer over His mitzvot, or no.

Joshua 22:22El Elohim, Hashem El Elohim, He knoweth, and Yisroel shall have da'as; if it be in mered (rebellion), or if in ma'al against Hashem, al toshieini hayom hazeh (save us not this day),

Psalms 90:8Thou hast set avonoteinu before Thee, 1 our secret sins in the ohr of Thy countenance. 1

Jeremiah 17:1The chattat Yehudah is written with an et barzel (iron pen), and with the tzipporen shamir (point of a diamond); it is engraved upon the luach (tablet) of their lev, and upon the karenot (horns) of your mizbechot (altars);

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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