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Genesis 18:21
Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not. I must know!
Genesis 18:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Genesis 18:21 in other translations
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.
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
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In context
18 when, Abraham, shall surely become, a great and mighty nation,—and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him?
19 For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.
20 So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,—And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,
21 Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not. I must know!
22 And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom,—but, Yahweh was yet standing before Abraham.
23 So then Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous with the lawless?
24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous which are therein?
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