Let's Make a Deal

HaShem let Avrohom in on a secret: He was planning to completely destroy the city of Sdom, because all of the people who lived there were just plain bad. Even the laws of the city were cruel and unjust.

Avrohom felt sorry for the people of Sdom. "Oh! Surely there are some good people who live there, too!" he cried to HaShem. "If there are 50 good people, will you save the city from being destroyed?"

HaShem said that He wouldn't destroy Sdom if there were 50 good people there - but there were not.

"What about 45? 40? 30? 20? Or even just TEN GOOD PEOPLE?!" Avrohom wanted to know.

But there were not even ten good people in all of Sdom.