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Genesis 18:20

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And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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  1. Genesis 18:18

    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  2. Genesis 18:19

    For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  3. Genesis 18:21

    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.

  4. Genesis 18:22

    And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

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