Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

In Context

25Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:13And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.

Isaiah 19:24In that day shall Israel be the third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land,

Jeremiah 5:1Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.

Matthew 24:22And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

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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