20 Then the Lord said, “Because (A)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 (B)I will go down to see whether they have done altogether[a] according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, (C)I will know.”

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

22 (D)So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham (E)still stood before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:21 Or they deserve destruction; Hebrew they have made a complete end

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