And Abraham's reaction comes as something of a surprise. He objects to the plan, and he starts to argue with God. "Will you sweep away the innocent along with the guilty? Shall not the judge of all the earth justly?" That's in Genesis 18:23-25. The question is of course rhetorical.

亚伯拉罕的反应时一种惊奇，他反对,这个计划，他开始与上帝争论，“无论善恶,你都要剿灭吗？审判全地的主岂能不行公义么？“，这在,《创世纪》第18章第23至25章，这个问题当然是夸张的。

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That's because to suggest -- just think of it - to suggest that Milton is relying on his memory as he composes so allusively and so dependently, in a lot of ways, so much of Paradise Lost - to say that is simply to say that the poem has been generated by Milton and not by God.

让我们来设想一下其中的原因吧,假设弥尔顿全靠着他的记忆,正如他隐晦而连续地在《失乐园》中引经据典，并将这些以多种方式组合，这在《失乐园》中随处可见,以至于人们可以简单地说这部诗,是出自弥尔顿而非上帝的创作。

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