Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them (A)to send them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, (B)“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be (C)blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order (D)that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” 20 And the Lord said, “Because (E)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their (F)sin is very grave, 21 (G)I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, (H)I will know.”

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