Genesis 18:32
I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found there ? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
33And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
Cross References
Genesis 44:18Then Juda coming hearer, said boldly: I beseech thee, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears,and be not angry with thy servant: for after Pharao thou art,
Exodus 32:14And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
Exodus 34:6And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true,
Numbers 14:11And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them?
Job 33:23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,
Proverbs 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
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 →