Genesis 18:29-31

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²⁹ Again Abraham said to him, “If you find only forty ·good people [righteous] there, will you destroy the city?”

The Lord said, “If I find forty, I will not destroy it.”

³⁰ Then Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me, but let me ask you this. If you find only thirty ·good people [righteous] in the city, will you destroy it?”

He said, “If I find thirty ·good people [righteous] there, I will not destroy the city.”

³¹ Then Abraham said, “I have been brave to speak to the Lord. But what if there are twenty ·good people [righteous] in the city?”

He answered, “If I find twenty there, I will not destroy the city.”