Genesis:18:23-32
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And Abraham drew near ,
and said ,
Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ?
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city :
wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ?
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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 ?
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And the LORD said ,
If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city ,
then I will spare all the place for their sakes .
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And Abraham answered and said ,
Behold now ,
I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ,
which am but dust and ashes :
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Peradventure there shall 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 .
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And he spake unto him yet again ,
and said ,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there .
And he said ,
I will not do it for forty '
s sake .
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And he said unto him ,
Oh let not the Lord be angry ,
and I will speak :
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there .
And he said ,
I will not do it ,
if I find thirty there .
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And he said ,
Behold now ,
I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord :
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there .
And he said ,
I will not destroy it for twenty '
s sake .
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And he said ,
Oh let not the Lord be angry ,
and I will speak yet but this once :
Peradventure ten shall be found there .
And he said ,
I will not destroy it for ten '
s sake .