Genesis 18:28

New Living Translation

Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:29

Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?” And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”

Daniel 2:18

He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.