Genesis 18:16-28
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16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
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17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
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18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
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20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
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23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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24 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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25 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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26 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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27 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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28 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.