Genesis 18:21
I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
In context
18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” 20 Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
22 So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Genesis 18:21 in the KJV
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.
- NIV New International Version
— Genesis 18:21 in the NIV
that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”