Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 37:1

אברהם אבינו שלא הלך בעצת אנשי דור הפלגה שרשעים היו שנאמר (בראשית יא, ד) הבה נבנה לנו עיר ובדרך חטאים לא עמד שלא עמד בעמידת סדום שחטאים היו שנאמר (בראשית יג, יג) ואנשי סדום רעים וחטאים לה' מאד

refers to Abraham our father who did not follow the counsel of the men of the generation of the division of the world who were wicked, as it is said, “Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven” (Genesis 11:4); “Nor stood in the way of sinners” — for he did not stand with the people of Sodom, who were sinful, as it is said, “Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord” (Genesis 13:13);

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