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Genesis
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English: Webster's Bible |
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Genesis 18 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. |
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And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; |
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Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? |
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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. |
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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; |
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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 to me; and if not, I will know. |
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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? |
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Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it? |
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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? |
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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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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord. |
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Peradventure there will 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. |
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And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. |
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And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. |
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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. |
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten will be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. |
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And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place. |
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