Genesis 18:28

18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ¹  the whole city because five are lacking?” ²  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Genesis 18:31-32

18:31 Abraham ³  said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

18:32 Finally Abraham ⁴  said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

[18:28]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “because of five.”

[18:31]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.