21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?
25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn`t the Judge of all the earth do right?"
26Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
27Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
