Genesis 18:16-22 ▼

16 And the men rise from there, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

17 and YHWH said, “Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

18 and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

19 For I have known him, that he commands his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of YHWH), to do righteousness and judgment, that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him.”

20 And YHWH says, “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah—because great; and their sin—because exceedingly grievous:

21 I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming to Me they have done completely—and if not—I know”;

22 and the men turn from there, and go toward Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before YHWH.