Bereshis 18:31-33

Orthodox Jewish Bible

³¹ And he said, Hinei now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Hashem: suppose there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

³² And he said, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: suppose asarah (ten, i.e., a minyan) shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of haasarah (the ten).

³³ And Hashem went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Avraham; and Avraham returned unto his makom.