Genesis 18:21
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.”
In context
18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.” 20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 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.”
22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
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- 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.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Genesis 18:21 in the ESV
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.”