American Standard Version
"And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; "
— Genesis 18:17, American Standard Version
“And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;”
“Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,”
“Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”
“And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:”
“And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;”
“And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;”
Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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.
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;