23 And Avraham drew near, and said, Wilt Thou also destroy the tzaddik with the rasha? 24 Suppose there be fifty tzaddikim within the city; wilt Thou also destroy and not nasa (spare)18:24 take away and bear the guilt of, Isa 53:12 the place lema’an (for the sake of) the fifty tzaddikim that are therein?18:24 1K 3:18 25 That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the tzaddik with the rasha; and that the tzaddik should be as the rasha, that be far from Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol Ha’Aretz (the Judge of All the Earth) do mishpat (right)? 26 And Hashem said, If I find in Sodom fifty tzaddikim within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 32 And he said, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: suppose asarah (ten, i.e., a minyan) shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of haasarah (the ten).
33 And Hashem went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Avraham; and Avraham returned unto his makom.