25. It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”
26. The Lord said, “If I find 50 innocent people inside the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27. Abraham asked, “Consider now, if I may be so bold as to ask you, although I’m ⌊only⌋ dust and ashes,
28. what if there are 45 innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of 5 fewer people?”The Lord answered, “I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.”
29. Abraham asked him again, “What if 40 are found there?”He answered, “For the sake of the 40 I will not do it.”