15. But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16. Then the men set out from there, and they looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
17. Then Yahweh said, “Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am going to do?
18. Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.
19. For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him.”
20. Then Yahweh said, “Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very serious,
21. I will go down and I will see. Have they done altogether according to its cry of distress which has come to me? If not, I will know.”
22. And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom. And Abraham was still standing before Yahweh.
23. And Abraham drew near to Yahweh and said, “Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?