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Ask a QuestionSo the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.
And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
And the Lord said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Again he spoke to him and said, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."
He said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
And the angel of the Lord said to her, "Behold, you are pregnantand shall bear a son.You shall call his name Ishmael,because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
He shall be a wild donkey of a man,his hand against everyoneand everyone's hand against him,and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."