Holy Scripture
Genesis 18:21
A church father on this verse
“These are the words of the divine Scripture. Let us see, therefore, now what is fitting to be understood in them. "I have descended," the text says, "to see." When responses are delivered to Abraham, God is not said to descend but to stand before him, as we explained above: "Three men," the text says, "stood before hi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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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.
20And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.
— Genesis 18:21 —
22And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraham was still standing before the Lord.
23And Abraham drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?