17And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;
18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
19For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
20And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
21I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
22And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
23And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
