01:018:017 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
01:018:018 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
01:018:019 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
01:018:020 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
01:018:021 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
01:018:022 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
01:018:023 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
01:018:024 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
01:018:025 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
01:018:026 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.