^{23 Ref} And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

^{24 Ref} Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

^{25 Ref} That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

^{26 Ref} And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

^{27 Ref} And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

^{28 Ref} peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

^{29 Ref} And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

^{30 Ref} And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

^{31 Ref} And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

^{32 Ref} And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

^{33 Ref} And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.