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21 I will now go down and see if they have done as much wrong as the cry against them has told Me they have. And if not, I will know.”

22 Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before the Lord. 23 Abraham came near and said, “Will You destroy the good also, with the bad?

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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