Genesis 18:16-33
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

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17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

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18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?

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25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

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27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

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28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].

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29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty’s sake.

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30 And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.

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31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake.

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32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.

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33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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