Holy Scripture

Genesis 18:23

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“And they turned themselves from there and went towards Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the Lord, and approaching he said: Will you indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? If fifty righteous are in the city, will they perish along with the rest, until he said: If ten are found there; and the Lord said: I wi…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

Source: Septuagint

Original

23And Abraham drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

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21I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

22And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

— Genesis 18:23 —

24Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?

25By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?

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