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Genesis 18:20-22

20And the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “The outcryזַעֲקַ֛תza.'a.KatH2201of Sodomסְדֹ֥םse.DomH5467and Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָ֖הva.'a.mo.RahH6017isH7231indeedH3588greatרָ֑בָּהRa.bahH7231,and their sinוְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔םve.Cha.ta.TamH2403isH3513exceedinglyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966graveH3513.

21I willgoאֵֽרֲדָה־'e.ra.dah-H3381downH3381nowנָּ֣אna'H4994and seeוְאֶרְאֶ֔הve.'er.'EhH7200whether they have doneעָשׂ֣וּ׀'a.SuH6213entirelyH3605as the outcryהַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּha.ke.tza.'a.ka.TahH6818,which has comeהַבָּ֥אָהha.Ba.'ahH935to Me indicates;and ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518not, I will knowאֵדָֽעָה׃'e.Da.'ahH3045.”

22Thenthe menH376turnedH6437awayוַיִּפְנ֤וּvai.yif.NuH6437from thereמִשָּׁם֙mi.ShamH8033and wentוַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.KhuH1980toward Sodomסְדֹ֑מָהse.Do.mahH5467,while Abrahamוְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔םve.'Av.ra.HamH85was stillעוֹדֶ֥נּוּo.De.nuH5750standingעֹמֵ֖ד'o.MedH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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