Genesis 18:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

Genesis 18:29

And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.

Daniel 2:18

So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.