Genesis 18:20

Then Yahweh said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and because their sin is so serious,

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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

In Context

19For I have chosen him so that he may instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham what he has said to him.”

21I will now go down there and see the outcry against her that has come to me, whether they have really done it. If not, I will know.”

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood is calling out to me from the ground.

Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were very wicked sinners against Yahweh.

Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces witnesses against them; and they tell of their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. 1 Woe to them! For they have completed a catastrophe for themselves. 1

Jeremiah 14:7Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. 2 For our faithless actions increase; we have sinned against you. 2

James 5:4Look, the pay of the laborers is crying out—the pay that you have withheld from those who harvested your fields, and the cries of the harvesters have gone into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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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