Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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

22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Deuteronomy 8:2And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in yours heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or no.

Joshua 22:22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.

Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your 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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