11. Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)
12. So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”
13. The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’
14. Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
15. Then Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the Lord said, “No! You did laugh.”
16. When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
17. Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18. After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.
19. I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
20. So the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
21. that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
22. The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord.
23. Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
24. What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?
25. Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
26. So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”