Why Did God Have to "Investigate" to "Know"?

• Genesis 18:21 (ESV)

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http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2010/01/15/from-the-word-why-did-god-have-to-investigate-to-know/
Ever read a passage in the Word and just pause .. because it doesn’t make sense?

This one stood out to me this morning:

Genesis: 18:21 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.
(context: the Lord (appearing as a man to Abraham) will go and investigate the city of Sodom to see if it’s really as bad as the “outcry” that comes to him is)

Scholars agree that this man was a Divine Manifestation of God. He calls him “Lord”. So, why then, did God have to go investigate Sodom in person to know whether or not their sin was as bad as He’d heard?

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