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Old Testament Reading - Yahweh and Abraham Speak About Sodom

¹⁶ Then the men stood up from their meal and started on toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them part of the way.

¹⁷“Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” God asked. ¹⁸“For Abraham shall become a mighty nation, and he will be a source of blessing for all the nations of the earth. ¹⁹And I have picked him out to have godly descendants and a godly household — men who are just and good—so that I can do for him all I have promised.”

²⁰So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are utterly evil, and that everything they do is wicked. ²¹I am going down to see whether these reports are true or not. Then I will know.”

^22-23So the other two went on toward Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham a while. Then Abraham approached him and said, “Will you kill good and bad alike? ²⁴Suppose you find 50 godly people there within the city — will you destroy it, and not spare it for their sakes? ²⁵That wouldn’t be right! Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, to kill the godly with the wicked! Why, you would be treating godly and wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth be fair?”

³²Finally, Abraham said, “Oh, let not the Lord be angry; I will speak but this once more! Suppose only 10 are found?”

And God said, “Then, for the sake of the ten, I won’t destroy it.”