Genesis 18:28

The Passion Translation

What if there are only five lacking, and you only find forty-five righteous in Sodom? It’s not who you are to destroy the entire city for lack of five righteous people.” And Yahweh said, “Alright. If I find forty-five righteous in Sodom, I will spare the whole city.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And Yahweh said, “Alright. If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, I will spare the whole city for their sake.”

Genesis 18:27

Abraham spoke up again and said, “I am just a man formed from earth’s dust and ashes but allow me to be so bold as to ask you, my Lord.

Genesis 18:29

“But what if there are only forty?” Abraham asked further. Yahweh answered, “Alright. If I only find forty, I will spare the city.”

Daniel 2:18

He urged them to beg the God of heaven for mercy to help them unravel the mysterious secret of the king’s dream so that Daniel and his friends would not be executed with the other Babylonian wise men.