Genesis 18:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

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  • Amos 3:7 : 7 For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of Jehovah `is' for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.
  • John 15:15 : 15 no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'
  • 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 `Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

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  • Gen 18:18-33
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    18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

    19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

    20And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:

    21I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'

    22and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.

    23And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

    24peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who `are' in its midst?

    25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

    26And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'

    27And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

    28peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy `it' not, if I find there forty and five.'

    29And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, because of the forty.'

    30And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, if I find there thirty.'

    31And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the twenty.'

    32And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the ten.'

    33And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.

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    15And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;' for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.'

    16And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

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    17And he saith, `What `is' the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.'

    18And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It `is' Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.'

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    13and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also `is' old!'

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    2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

    3And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

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    1And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

  • Gen 18:1-3
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    1And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;

    2and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

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  • Gen 20:10-11
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    10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

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    14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou `art', northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

  • Gen 19:27-28
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    27And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood `before' the face of Jehovah;

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    18And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she `is' thy wife?

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    20Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

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    15And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah `is' her name;

  • Gen 17:17-18
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    17And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

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  • Gen 15:1
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    1After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'

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    17And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

    18And Lot saith unto them, `Not `so', I pray thee, my lord;

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    17rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'

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