18 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 has spoken of him.
19 And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, The Lord said unto us, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will destroy them.
20 And I will send you, and ye shall go down now, and see that their iniquities are rewarded unto them.
21 And ye shall have all things done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me.
22 And if ye do it not, it shall be upon your heads; for I will destroy them, and you shall know that I will do it, for it shall be before your eyes.
23 And the angels which were holy men, and were sent forth after the order of God, turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom.
24 But Abraham stood yet before the Lord, remembering the things which had been told him.
25 And Abraham drew near to Sodom, and said unto the Lord, calling upon his name, saying, Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked? Wilt thou not spare them?
26 Peradventure there may be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that may be therein?
27 O may 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.
28 O God, may that be far from thee, for shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
