Catholic Public Domain Version
"And again he said to him, “But if forty were found there, what would you do?” He said, “I will not strike, for the sake of the forty.” "
— Genesis 18:29, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.”
“And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake. ”
“He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."”
“Abraham spoke to him again,“What if forty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it for the sake of the forty.””
“And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.”
“And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.”
“And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.”
And the Lord said to him, “If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them.”
And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.
What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?” And he said, “I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there.”
And again he said to him, “But if forty were found there, what would you do?” He said, “I will not strike, for the sake of the forty.”
“I ask you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there?” He responded, “I will not act, if I find thirty there.”
“Since now I have begun,” he said, “I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there?” He said, “I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty.”
“I beg you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more. What if ten were found there?” And he said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”