Holy Scripture
Genesis 18:20
A church father on this verse
“It was not that God, who had just said, "their sins were very grave," did not know that they had sinned. This was an example to judges not to prejudge a case, even based on very reliable hearsay. For if he who knows all set aside his knowledge lest he exact vengeance without full knowledge before the trial, how much m…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.
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18But Abraham shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
19For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
— Genesis 18:20 —
21I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.
22And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraham was still standing before the Lord.