Genesis 18

Genesis 18:22–26:
“So the men turned from there and went towards Sodom but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Then Abraham drew near and said, ‘Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are 50 righteous persons within the city, will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the 50 righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked so that the righteous fare as the wicked. Far be that from you. Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just?’ And the Lord said, ‘If I find at Sodom 50 righteous in the city I will spare the whole place for their sake.” 

​This conversation between Abraham and God continues in the verses that follow and Abraham just gets bolder and bolder and bolder all the way down to verse 32 he said, “Let not the Lord be angry. I will speak again but this once, suppose 10 righteous are found there?’ And God answered, ‘For the sake of 10 I will not destroy it.” The whole picture here is Abraham stepping in to intercede for the people of Sodom. Abraham boldly comes before God, appeals to God’s justice, to God’s character, to God’s righteousness and asks him to save, to spare people in Sodom. -David Platt