³³ When the Lord had finished speaking^(A) with Abraham, he left,^(B) and Abraham returned home.^(C)

²² The men^(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,^(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.^[a](C)

²⁶ Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”^(A)

⁵⁵ Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters^(A) and blessed^(B) them. Then he left and returned home.^[a](C)

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

¹⁶ When the men^(A) got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.