Genesis 18:28

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Suppose there are five less than the fifty righteous, would You destroy all of the city for lack of five? And He said, “If I find there forty-five, I do not destroy it.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And יהוה said, “If I find in Seḏom fifty righteous within the city, then I shall spare all the place for their sakes.”

Genesis 18:27

And Aḇraham answered and said, “Look, please, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה,

Genesis 18:29

And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there are found forty?” And He said, “I would not do it for the sake of forty.”

Daniel 2:18

to seek compassion from the Elah of the heavens concerning this secret, so that Dani’ĕl and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise ones of Baḇel.