God tells Abraham that Sarah laughs at His words.
Sarah denies that she laughed.
Abraham’s guests set out towards Sodom, two miles from Mamre.
The patriarch accompanies them.
God determines to reveal to Abraham his secret purposes.
[IX.]
He informs him of the destruction about to fall upon the cities of the plain, for their great wickedness, in abusing the gifts bestowed upon them.
The ordinance of marriage had been made for them, but they foully set it at nought.
The flame of love.
Therefore shall they be destroyed as an example to all men for ever.