Abraham Counted on Lot's Household to Reach Ten

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 83:12

Another interpretation. Why ten? Because [Abraham] reasoned: surely there in Sodom are Lot and his wife and his four daughters and his four sons-in-law [making ten, enough to save the city]. Rabbi Yehudah ben Rabbi Simon and Rabbi Chanin in the name of Rabbi Yochanan said: here [in Sodom it took] ten, but in Jerusalem even one [would suffice], as it is written, "Roam through the streets of Jerusalem... [and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there be any that does justice, that seeks truth, and I will pardon her]" (Jeremiah 5:1).

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