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Genesis 18:21
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19 For I have known him, in order athat he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”  
20 And the Lord said, “Because athe outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their bsin is very grave,  
21 aI will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, bI will know.”  
22 Then the men turned away from there aand went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.  
23 And Abraham acame near and said, b“Would You also cdestroy the drighteous with the wicked?  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Genesis 18:21

I will go down . . . and see—language used after the manner of men. These cities were to be made examples to all future ages of God's severity; and therefore ample proof given that the judgment was neither rash nor excessive (Ezekiel 18:23; Jeremiah 18:7).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 18:21:

Genesis 18:16
Jeremiah 51:9
Ezekiel 16:50
Jonah 1:2

 

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