23 And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

24 peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who [are] in its midst?

25 Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?

26 And Jehovah saith, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.

27 And Abraham answereth and saith, Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

28 peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city? and He saith, I destroy [it] not, if I find there forty and five.

29 And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, Peradventure there are found there forty? and He saith, I do [it] not, because of the forty.

30 And he saith, Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty? and He saith, I do [it] not, if I find there thirty.

31 And he saith, Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty? and He saith, I do not destroy [it], because of the twenty.

32 And he saith, Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten? and He saith, I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.

33 And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.