18Genesis 18:27

25That 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?Select Genesis 18:25

26And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.Select Genesis 18:26

27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Select Genesis 18:27

28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.Select Genesis 18:28

29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.Select Genesis 18:29