Genesis 18:21

²¹ I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

Restrain

In Genesis 11:6, this signifies that unless their state is changed nothing which they think of doing will be prohibited. (Arcana Coelestia 1318)

In Psalm 76:10, this signifies that the Lord will bring about a judgment in which the good will be saved. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 326)

In Genesis 16:2, this signifies the state before the Lord's Divine Rational Man (represented by Isaac) emerged. (Arcana Coelestia 1899)