Verse 21
Genesis 18:21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵֽרֲדָה נָּ֣א וְ/אֶרְאֶ֔ה הַ/כְּ/צַעֲקָתָ֛/הּ הַ/בָּ֥אָה אֵלַ֖/י עָשׂ֣וּ כָּלָ֑ה וְ/אִם לֹ֖א אֵדָֽעָה
English Translation
I will go down now and see the cry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the...
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And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon a...
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And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant:
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But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.
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And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for th...
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Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measure...
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And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it t...
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He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by...
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And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the te...
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And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife...
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12
Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manne...
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And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old
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And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child i...
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15
Is there any thing hard to God (Elohim)? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same...
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Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst lau...
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And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with...
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And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:
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\"Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be...
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For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lor...
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And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly...
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I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it...
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23
And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before...
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And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?
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If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place...
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Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be i...
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And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place...
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And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust...
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What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole ci...
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And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destro...
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Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He an...
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Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said...
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I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found...
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And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
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