Genesis 18:17

and Jehovah said, 'Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;

2 Chronicles 20:7'Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,

Amos 3:7For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

James 2:23and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;' and, 'Friend of God' he was called.

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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