Genesis Chapter 18 verse 17 Holy Bible
And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
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And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;
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And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?
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And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
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And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
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Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
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and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - And the Lord said (to himself), Shall I hide from Abraham - the LXX. interpolate, τοῦ παιδός μου; but, as Philo observes, τοῦ φιλοῦ μου would have been a more appropriate designation for the patriarch (cf. 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23) that thing which I do. I.e. propose to do, the present being used for the future, where, as m the utterances of God, whose will is equivalent to his deed, the action is regarded by the Speaker as being already as good as finished (vide Ewald, 'Hebrews Synt.,' § 135; Gesenius, § 126).