21I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
22And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
23And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?
24If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?
25Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
26And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
27And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
