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Genesis 18:23

Abraham [Father of a multitude] came near, and said, “Will you consume the upright with the wicked?

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In The King James Version

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

In Context

22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom [Burning], but Abraham [Father of a multitude] stood yet before Adonai.

24What if there are fifty upright within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty upright who are in it?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the upright with the wicked, so that the upright should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right judgement?”

Numbers 16:22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin ·err (from the standard goal)·, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

Psalms 11:4Adonai is in his holy temple. 2 Adonai is on his throne in heaven. 1 His eyes observe. 2 His eyes examine the children of men. 1

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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