Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou then destroy all the city for the [lack of] these five? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and 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 answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes:

29And he spoke yet again unto him, and said, Peradventure there will be found there forty. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of the forty.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:26And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all of the place for their sake.

Numbers 14:17And now, I beseech thee, let the greatness of the power of the Lord be made manifest, as thou hast spoken, saying,

Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!

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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