World English Bible
Genesis 18:20
“Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,”
Verse in context — Genesis 18
since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
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