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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
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And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
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seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
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And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
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Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
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That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?