Genesis 18:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ Then Abraham [^Lanswered and] said, “Though I am only dust and ashes, I have been brave to speak to the Lord. ²⁸ What if ·there are only forty-five good people [^Lfive of the fifty righteous are lacking] in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five ·good people [righteous]?”

The Lord said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”

²⁹ Again Abraham said to him, “If you find only forty ·good people [righteous] there, will you destroy the city?”

The Lord said, “If I find forty, I will not destroy it.”