Genesis 18:26
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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.

Isaiah 6:13 And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.

Isaiah 10:22 For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.

Isaiah 19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land,

Isaiah 65:8 Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole.

Jeremiah 5:1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man that executeth judgment, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.

Matthew 24:22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

Context
Abraham Begs for Sodom
25Far 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. 26And the Lord said to him: If I find in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.…
Cross References
Genesis 18:17
And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:

Jeremiah 5:1
Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man that executeth judgment, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.

Lexicon
So the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I find
אֶמְצָ֥א (’em·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

fifty
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

righteous ones
צַדִּיקִ֖ם (ṣad·dî·qim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

within
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

the city
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

of Sodom,
בִסְדֹ֛ם (ḇis·ḏōm)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

on their account
בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃ (ba·‘ă·ḇū·rām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that

I will spare
וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (wə·nā·śā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

the whole
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

place.”
הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


Additional Translations
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

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.

And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

And Jehovah saith, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
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