耶和华说,我若在所多玛城里见有五十个义人,我就为他们的缘故饶恕那地方的众人。 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
假若这五十个义人短了五个,你就因为短了五个毁灭全城吗。他说,我在那里若见有四十五个,也不毁灭那城。 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
亚伯拉罕又对他说,假若在那里见有四十个怎吗样呢。他说,为这四十个的缘故,我也不作这事。 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.