Genesis 18:17-22

171The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham 2what I am about to do, 18since Abraham will certainly become a great and 3mighty nation, and in him 4all the nations of the earth will be blessed? 19For I have 56chosen him, so that he may 7command his children and his household after him to 8keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham 9what He has spoken about him.” 20And the Lord said, “10The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. 21I will 11go down now and see whether they have done entirely as the outcry, which has come to Me indicates; and if not, I will know.”

22Then 12the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before 13the Lord.