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16 And the men rysyng vp from thence, loked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them to bryng them on the way. 17 And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do. 18 Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym? 19 I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him. 20 And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous: 21 I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe. 22 And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde. Genesis 18:16-22, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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