Genesis 18:28

If 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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In The King James Version

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

In Context

27And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

29And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:26And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

Numbers 14:17So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

Job 23:3If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

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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