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They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent."
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Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him.
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Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"
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Then the men set out from there, and they looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
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So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the
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Abraham answered, "Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
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Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
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Again he spoke to him, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."
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Then he said, "Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
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He said, "Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."
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Then he said, "Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."
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