Genesis 18:17

God said, “Maybe I will tell Abraham what I am going to do.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Then the 3 men got up to leave, and Abraham went with them for a little while to say goodbye. They went to a hill where they looked down at the town called Sodom.

18You know, Abraham’s family will be a big and powerful nation one day, and I will use his family to do good things for all the nations in the world.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24Then God sent fire down from the sky on to Sodom and Gomorrah, and he sent down burning rock, called sulphur, with that fire.

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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