SinaiGenesis 18:19
World English Bible
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
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Genesis 18:19 in other translations
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis 18:19 in context
- 17Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- 18since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
- 19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
- 20Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
- 21I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”