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Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
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For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
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And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
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I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
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And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
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And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
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If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
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Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
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And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
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And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
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If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.