This is a powerful episode of Abraham imploring God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah, cities of sinfulness, for the sake of those who live a righteous life. In it we discuss God and the ability for us to ask that anger is quelled for the sake of others. In the Church we do this every Sunday when we offer the prayers of the faithful. In Judaism the prayer is that God move from justice to mercy. This is what we experience in this story of Abraham reaching out for the sake of others, leaving petition for his own family alone, and advocating for all who are righteous, even if only a few. Abraham was called by God out of a profoundly pagan world to be the one who will bless all the nations before God. Jesus calls each one of us to do the same.