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Genesis 18:17

The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

18since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.

2 Chronicles 20:7Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?

Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

James 2:23So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.

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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