19. I have chosen him so he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to. I did this so they would live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, will give Abraham what I promised him.”
20. Then the Lord said, “I have heard many things against the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are very evil.
21. So I will go down and see if they are as bad as I have heard.”
22. So the men turned and went toward Sodom. But Abraham stood there before the Lord.