Genesis 18:31
King James VersionSource notes
“And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy for twenty’s sake.”
Context
28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy
29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do for forty’s sake.
30And he said Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do if I find thirty there.
31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy for twenty’s sake.
32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy for ten’s sake.
33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.