20. And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah--because great; and their sin-- because exceeding grievous:
21. I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely--and if not--I know;'
22. and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.
23. And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?
24. peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty--the righteous who [are] in its midst?
25. Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been--as the righteous so the wicked--far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'
26. And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
27. And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I--dust and ashes;
28. peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous--dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy [it] not, if I find there forty and five.'