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Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
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And the Lord said to him: If I find in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
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And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
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What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.
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And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.
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Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
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Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.
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I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
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And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.