Genesis 18:17-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

^17 (A)The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham ^(B)what I am about to do, ¹⁸ since Abraham will surely become a great and ^[a]mighty nation, and in him ^(C)all the nations of the earth will be blessed? ¹⁹ For I have ^[b](D)chosen him, so that he may ^(E)command his children and his household after him to ^(F)keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham ^(G)what He has spoken about him.” ²⁰ And the Lord said, “^(H)The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. ²¹ I will ^(I)go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”