Genesis 18:28LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 28 of 33

"Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy ."
Genesis 18:28

In context

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

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

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

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

30And he said , 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 , if I find thirty there.

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