15. But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
16. And the men rose up from there and looked toward Seḏom, and Aḇraham went with them to send them away.
17. And יהוה said, “Shall I hide from Aḇraham what I am doing,
18. since Aḇraham is certainly going to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19. “For I have known him, so that he commands his children and his household after him, to guard the way of יהוה, to do righteousness and right-ruling, so that יהוה brings to Aḇraham what He has spoken to him.”
20. And יהוה said, “Because the outcry against Seḏom and Amorah is great, and because their sin is very heavy,
21. “I am going down now to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me, and if not, I know.”
22. So the men turned away from there and went toward Seḏom, but יהוה still stood before Aḇraham.
23. And Aḇraham drew near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wrong?
24. “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city, would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?
25. “Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
26. And יהוה said, “If I find in Seḏom fifty righteous within the city, then I shall spare all the place for their sakes.”
27. And Aḇraham answered and said, “Look, please, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה,
28. “Suppose there are five less than the fifty righteous, would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find there forty-five, I do not destroy it.”