Genesis 18:17 - Exposition

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.