Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 18:20-22

"And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah." — Genesis 18:20-22 (ASV)

He was in no hurry to close that blessed interview; when he had once come into the Lord's immediate presence, he lingered there.

Those who are friends of God like to be in their Lord's company a great deal.