18Seeing thatAbrahamוְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔םve.'Av.ra.HamH85shall surely become agreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419andmightyוְעָצ֑וּםve.'a.TzumH6099nationלְג֥וֹיle.GoyH1471, and all thenationsגּוֹיֵ֥יgo.YeiH1471of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776shall beblessedוְנִ֨בְרְכוּve.Niv.re.khuH1288in him?
19For Iknowיְדַעְתִּ֗יוye.da'.TivH3045him,thatH834he willcommandיְצַוֶּ֜הye.tza.VehH6680hischildrenבָּנָ֤יוba.NavH1121and hishouseholdבֵּיתוֹ֙bei.ToH1004afterhimאַחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.RavH310, and they shallkeepוְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ve.sha.me.RuH8104thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, todoלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213righteousnessוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941andjusticeצְדָקָ֖הtze.da.KahH6666; that theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068maybringהָבִ֤יאha.Vi'H935uponAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85that which he hathspokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696of him.
20And theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Because thecryזַעֲקַ֛תza.'a.KatH2201ofSodomסְדֹ֥םse.DomH5467andGomorrahוַעֲמֹרָ֖הva.'a.mo.RahH6017isgreatH7227, and because theirsinוְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔םve.Cha.ta.TamH2403isveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966grievousכָבְדָ֖הkha.ve.DahH3513;
21I will godownאֵֽרֲדָה־'e.ra.dah-H3381now, andseeוְאֶרְאֶ֔הve.'er.'EhH7200whether they havedoneעָשׂ֣וּ׀'a.SuH6213altogetherכָּלָ֑הka.LahH3617according to thecryהַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּha.ke.tza.'a.ka.TahH6818of it, which iscomeהַבָּ֥אָהha.Ba.'ahH935to me; and if not, I willknowאֵדָֽעָה׃'e.Da.'ahH3045.
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