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Abraham continues talking to Yahweh.
Perhaps there are
"Suppose there are"
Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
Abraham was hoping that Yahweh would say, "I will not sweep it away." Alternate translation: "I think you would not sweep it away. Instead, you would spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
sweep it away
"destroy it." Abraham speaks of destroying people as if it were sweeping dirt with a broom. Alternate translation: "destroy the people who live there" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
Abraham was hoping that God would say "I will spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people there."
spare the place
"let the people live"
for the sake of
"because of"