2266. Verse 28 Perhaps the fifty righteous persons will lack five; will You for five destroy the whole city? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five mere.

'Perhaps the fifty righteous persons will lack five' means if it were something less. 'Will You for five destroy the whole city?' means, Will mankind perish for the small amount that is lacking? 'And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there' means that mankind would not perish if [goods and truths] could be joined together.