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Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
Genesis 18:20 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 18:20 in other translations
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
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In context
17 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:
18 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?
19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
20 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
21 I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.
22 And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
23 And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?
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