Genesis 18:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸ seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be ^(A)blessed in him? ¹⁹ For I have ^(B)chosen^[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” ²⁰ Then the Lord said, “Because ^(C)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,