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Genesis - ch 18 v 21 - 33
- I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
- And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?
- That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
- And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.
- Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
- And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
- And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
- And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten will be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
- And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
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