When Jehovah said that he would not destroy Sodom if there were “fifty righteous men in the midst of the city, ” Abraham progressively reduced the number until it reached only ten. ​ — Genesis 18: 22 - 33.
वह अपने तजुर्बे से जानता था कि यहोवा दुष्टों के साथ - साथ धर्मियों को नाश नहीं करेगा ।