Chuàngshìjì 18:17

17 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ suǒ yào zuò de shì , qǐ kĕ mán zhe Yàbólāhǎn ne .

Chuàngshìjì 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:17

And the Lord said
Either unto Abraham himself, so leading on to what he was about to make known to him; and without supposing this it will be difficult to account for Abraham's intercession for Sodom upon this: or to the two angels with him; not as consulting them whether he should or no do what he next suggests, but to give to them Abraham's just character, and the reasons of his using him in such a friendly manner: or it may be, to the other divine Persons, the Father and Spirit, one with the Son of God, and always present with him: shall I hide from Abraham the thing which I do?
which he was about to do, namely, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: the Jewish writers

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 observe, that these cities were given in the grant of the whole land to Abraham, and therefore it was right to acquaint him with it first: but other and better reasons are given in the next words; Abraham was a friend of the Lord, and he had showed himself friendly to him, not only now, but heretofore, and therefore will treat him as his friend, by imparting his secrets to him.
F1 Targ. Jerus. & Jarchi in loc.

Chuàngshìjì 18:17 In-Context

15 Sǎlā jiù haìpà , bú chéngrèn , shuō , wǒ méiyǒu xiào . nà wèi shuō , bú rán , nǐ shízaì xiào le .

16 Sān rén jiù cóng nàli qǐ xíng , xiàng Suǒduōmǎ guānkàn , Yàbólāhǎn yĕ yù tāmen tóngxíng , yào sòng tāmen yī chéng .

17 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ suǒ yào zuò de shì , qǐ kĕ mán zhe Yàbólāhǎn ne .

18 Yàbólāhǎn bìyào chéngwéi jiàng dà de guó , dì shàng de wàn guó dōu bì yīn tā de fú .

19 Wǒ juàngù tā , wéi yào jiào tā fēnfu tāde zhòng zǐ hé tāde juànshǔ , zūnshǒu wǒde dào , bǐng gōng xíng yì , shǐ wǒ suǒ yīngxǔ Yàbólāhǎn de huà dōu chéngjiù le .