15. Sarah lied and said, "I didn’t laugh," because she was frightened.But he said, "No, you laughed."
16. The men got up from there and went over to look down on Sodom. Abraham was walking along with them to send them off
17. when the Lord said, "Will I keep from Abraham what I’m about to do?
18. Abraham will certainly become a great populous nation, and all the earth’s nations will be blessed because of him.
19. I have formed a relationship with him so that he will instruct his children and his household after him. And they will keep to the Lord’s path, being moral and just so that the Lord can do for Abraham everything he said he would."
20. Then the Lord said, "The cries of injustice from Sodom and Gomorrah are countless, and their sin is very serious!
21. I will go down now to examine the cries of injustice that have reached me. Have they really done all this? If not, I want to know."