Genesis 18:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to my lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:29

Again he spoke to him, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”

Daniel 2:18

and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.