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21 So I must go down there to see if it is really true. I will see if those people are as bad as everybody says they are. Then I will know what is true.’

22 The other two men then turned away and they went towards Sodom. But Abraham stayed there to talk with the Lord.

23 Then Abraham went near to the Lord and he asked, ‘Will you destroy the good people as well as the bad people?

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

22 The men(B) turned away and went toward Sodom,(C) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[a](D) 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the Lord remained standing before Abraham