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- The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
- Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
- what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."
- Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."
- Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."
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