Genesis 18:27-33 ▼

27 Abraham answered, |See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?| He said, |I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.|

29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, |What if there are forty found there?| He said, |I will not do it for the forty's sake.|

30 He said, |Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?| He said, |I will not do it, if I find thirty there.|

31 He said, |Look, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?| He said, |I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.|

32 He said, |Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?| He said, |I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.|

33 When he finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned to his place.