Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

In Context

26And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

28If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Exodus 32:11But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

Job 4:19How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

Job 42:6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

Psalms 144:3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

Isaiah 6:5Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:24-33

Abraham's Intercession for Sodom. ( b. c. 1898.) 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If I… Read the whole commentary →

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