20. The Lord also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious.
21. I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it.”
22. From there the men turned and went on toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of the Lord.
23. Abraham came closer and asked, “Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?
24. What if there are 50 innocent people in the city? Are you really going to sweep them away? Won’t you spare that place for the sake of the 50 innocent people who are in it?
25. It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”