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And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
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I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.
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And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.
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And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
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Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?
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By no means shalt thou do as this thing so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?
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And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
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And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
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But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five ? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.
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And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.
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And he said, Will there be anything , Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.