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Ch. XIX. with the wicked. Shall the righteous be as the wicked? No, no; Thou who judgest the whole earth; wilt not thou execute judgment? And the Lord said, If there be among the Sodomites fifty righteous men in the city, I will spare the whole city and the whole place for their sake. Then Abraham answered and said, Now I have taken upon me to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes! But if the fifty righteous be lessened to forty five wilt thou for want of the five destroy the whole city? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty five. And Abraham proceeded farther to speak to him and said, But if there be found there forty? And he said For the sake of the forty I will not destroy it. Then Abraham said, Wilt thou, O Lord, be offended if I speak? But if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it, for the sake of the thiryt. Agagin Abraham said, Since I am permitted to speak to the Lord, If twenty be found therre? And he said I will not destory it, if I find twenty there. And Abraham said, Wilt thou, O Lord, be offended, if I speak yet once more? But if ten be found there? And he said, For the sake of ten I will not destroy it. Then the Lord having done speaking to Abraham departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

Now in the evening the two angels came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom, and upon seeing them, Lot arose to meet them, and made obeisance with his face to the ground, and said, I intreat you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and rising early in the morning, you may proceed on your journey. And they said, No, we will lodge in the street. Then he pressed them, and htey went home with him. And when they came to his house, he made an entertainment for them; and baked for them unleavened cakes, and they did eat. But before they went to rest, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, both young and old - all the people in a body. And they called out Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to thee this night? Bring the out to us that we may know them. Whereupon Lot went out to them into the porch and shut the door after him: And he said to them, You must not brethren, commit such wickedness