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Genesis 18:20-22

20And the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Because the cryזַעֲקַ֛תza.'a.KatH2201of Sodomסְדֹ֥םse.DomH5467and Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָ֖הva.'a.mo.RahH6017is greatH7227,and because their sinוְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔םve.Cha.ta.TamH2403is veryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966grievousכָבְדָ֖הkha.ve.DahH3513;

21I will go downאֵֽרֲדָה־'e.ra.dah-H3381now, and seeוְאֶרְאֶ֔הve.'er.'EhH7200whether they have doneעָשׂ֣וּ׀'a.SuH6213altogetherכָּלָ֑הka.LahH3617according to the cryהַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּha.ke.tza.'a.ka.TahH6818of it, which is comeהַבָּ֥אָהha.Ba.'ahH935unto me; and if not, I will knowאֵדָֽעָה׃'e.Da.'ahH3045.

22And the menהָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.ShimH582turned their facesוַיִּפְנ֤וּvai.yif.NuH6437from thence, and wentH3212toward Sodomסְדֹ֑מָהse.Do.mahH5467:but Abrahamוְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔םve.'Av.ra.HamH85stoodעֹמֵ֖ד'o.MedH5975yetעוֹדֶ֥נּוּo.De.nuH5750beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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