²² The men^(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,^(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.^{[a](C) 23} Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?^{(D) 24} What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare^[b] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?^(E)