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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] in it?
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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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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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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who [am] dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.
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Peradventure there will 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].
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And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty's sake.
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And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.
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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty's sake.