^{23 Ref} Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

^{24 Ref} What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?

^{25 Ref} Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"