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24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep them away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 You would never do such a thing, killing the righteous along with the wicked, treating the righteous the same as the wicked. You would never do such a thing. The Judge of all the earth should do right, shouldn’t he?”

26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people within the city of Sodom, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”

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24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[a] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?(A) 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing(B)—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous(C) and the wicked alike.(D) Far be it from you! Will not the Judge(E) of all the earth do right?”(F)

26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:24 Or forgive; also in verse 26