Genesis 18:17-23

17Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

19For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

21that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

22The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.

23Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?