Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 18:27-33 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

27. And Abraham responded by saying: "Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.

28. What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?" And he said, "I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there."

29. And again he said to him, "But if forty were found there, what would you do?" He said, "I will not strike, for the sake of the forty."

30. "I ask you," he said, "not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there?" He responded, "I will not act, if I find thirty there."

31. "Since now I have begun," he said, "I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there?" He said, "I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty."

32. "I beg you," he said, "not to be angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more. What if ten were found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."

33. And the Lord departed, after he had ceased speaking to Abraham, who then returned to his place.