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Genesis
18:20
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And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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Genesis
18:21
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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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Genesis
18:22
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And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
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Genesis
18:23
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
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Genesis
18:24
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Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
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Genesis
18:25
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That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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Genesis
18:26
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And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
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Genesis
18:27
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
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Genesis
18:28
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peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
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Genesis
18:29
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And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
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