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Genesis 18:24

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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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  1. Genesis 18:22

    And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

  2. Genesis 18:23

    And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

  3. Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  4. Genesis 18:26

    And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

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