World English Bible
"Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,"
— Genesis 18:17, World English Bible
“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; ”
“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 Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."
The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,