Genesis 18:17 (WEB)
The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
Fathers and councils · 5
Justin Martyr
“And the Lord said, I will not conceal from Abraham, my servant, what I do.’” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 16, 17.
Read the whole comment“Then to Abraham He who was and is again speaks: ‘I will not hide from Abraham, my servant, what I intend to do.’ ” And what follows in the writings of Moses I quoted and explained; “from which I have demonstrated,” I said, “that He who is described as God appeared to…” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 17.
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John Chrysostom
“Yet He is seen doing all in times of old, punishing some as sinners, (for, “Surely I will not hide,” it saith, “from My servant Abraham, that which I am about to do”— Gen. xviii. 17 , LXX.,) and honoring others as righteous.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“So likewise He doth in Abraham’s case, saying, “I will by no means hide from Abraham my servant;”to make thee know that man’s kindly affection, and his care for Sodom.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 17 [LXX.].
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…time hereafter, and Sarah thy wife shall have a son; and afterwards the Lord said to Him, I will not conceal from Abraham My servant the things that I will do; and again, Moreover the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is filled up, and their sins are exceeding great.” — editor's note: Ib. 17.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
