Genesis 18:30

And again, Abraham asked, “Please do not get angry with me, but what if there are only 30 good people?” God said, “I will not burn the town if there are 30 good people.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

In Context

29Again Abraham asked, “What if there are only 40 good people there?” God said, “If I only find 40 good people, I will not burn the town.”

31Abraham asked, “I know that I am being brave to ask you this but, what if there are only 20 people that live your way in the town?” God answered, “I will not burn the town if I find 20 good people there.”

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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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