24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?

25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that ^athe righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! ^bShall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”  ‡

27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am ^abut dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:  ‡

28 Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”