23. And as they drew near, he said: "Will you destroy the just with the impious?
24. If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it?
25. Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment."
26. And the Lord said to him, "If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them."
27. And Abraham responded by saying: "Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.