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Genesis 18:16–17

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Abraham Pleads for Sodom

18:16When the men got up to leave,44 they looked out over45 Sodom. (Now46 Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)4718:17Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?48

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Footnotes

  1. 44 Heb “And the men arose from there.”
  2. 45 Heb “toward the face of.”
  3. 46 The disjunctive parenthetical clause sets the stage for the following speech.
  4. 47 The Piel of שָׁלַח (shalakh) means “to lead out, to send out, to expel”; here it is used in the friendly sense of seeing the visitors on their way.
  5. 48 The active participle here refers to an action that is imminent.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off. Then the Lord said, “Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham?

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.

“Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the Lord asked.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the men set out from there, and they looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham went with them to send them on their way. Then Yahweh said, “Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am going to do?

KJV 1900King James Version

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;