Genesis 18:21

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Genesis 18:21

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 18

¹⁹ For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

²⁰ Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

²¹ I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

²² And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

²³ Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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