Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the Lord said: “How could I hide what I am about to do from Abraham, "
— Genesis 18:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;”
“And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that 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 difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.”
Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh.” For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, “It is not so; for you did laugh.”
Therefore, when the men had risen up from there, they directed their eyes against Sodom. And Abraham traveled with them, leading them.
And the Lord said: “How could I hide what I am about to do from Abraham,
since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.”
And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous.