13. Then Adonai said to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Can I really give birth when I am so old?’
14. Is anything too difficult for Adonai? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
15. Sarah denied it saying, “I didn’t laugh!” For she was afraid. But He said, “No—for you did laugh.”
16. Then the men got up from there and looked down over Sodom. Abraham was walking with them to send them off,
17. when Adonai said, “Should I keep secret from Abraham what I am about to do,
18. seeing that Abraham will most certainly become a great and mighty nation and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
19. For I have made myself known to him so that he will command his sons and his household after him to keep the way of Adonai by doing righteousness and justice, so that Adonai may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
20. Then Adonai said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great indeed, and their sin is very grievous indeed.
21. I want to go down now, and see if they deserve destruction, as its outcry has come to Me. And if not, I will know.”
22. Then the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before Adonai.
23. Abraham drew near and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
24. Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous who are in it?