Genesis 18:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But suppose there are only forty-five good people in Sodom. Would you still wipe out the whole city?” “If I find forty-five good people,” the LORD replied, “I won't destroy the city.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

The LORD replied, “If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I will save the city to keep them from being killed.”

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “I am nothing more than the dust of the earth. Please forgive me, LORD, for daring to speak to you like this.

Genesis 18:29

“Suppose there are just forty good people?” Abraham asked. “Even for them,” the LORD replied, “I won't destroy the city.”

Daniel 2:18

Then he said, “Pray that the God who rules from heaven will be merciful and explain this mystery, so that we and the others won't be put to death.”