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21 So I will go down and see if they are as bad as I have heard.”

22 So the men turned and went toward Sodom. But Abraham stood there before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham approached the Lord. Abraham asked, “Lord, do you plan to destroy the good persons along with the evil persons?

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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