22. And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
23. And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?
24. If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?
25. Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
26. And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
27. And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
28. What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.