Genesis 18:18-21
The Message
17-19 Then God said, “Shall I keep back from Abraham what I’m about to do? Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him. Yes, I’ve settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God’s way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him.”
20-21 God continued, “The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I’m going down to see for myself, see if what they’re doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I’ll know.”
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Genesis 18:18-20
New International Version
18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(A) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a] 19 For I have chosen him(B), so that he will direct his children(C) and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord(D) by doing what is right and just,(E) so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(F)
20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom(G) and Gomorrah is so great(H) and their sin so grievous(I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
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