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Genesis 18:26
The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Genesis 18:26 · World English Bible
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Genesis 18:26 in other translations
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
The Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
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In context
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25 May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
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