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Genesis 18:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 18 · verse 21
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.Genesis 18:21 · King James Version
Genesis 18:21 in context
19For 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 LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21I 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.
22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- altogetherkâlâha completionH3617 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- seerâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- crytsaʻăqâha shriekH6818 →
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The messengers from heaven had now despatched one part of their business, which was an errand of grace to Abraham and Sarah, and which they delivered first; but now they have before them work of another nature. Sodom is to be destroyed, and they must do it, Gen 19:13.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22