Genesis 18:28

Suppose there be five lacking of the fifty righteous. Will you sweep away all the city for lack of five?” The Lord said, “I will not sweep it away, if I find forty-five there.”

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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

27Abraham answered, “I have dared to speak to the Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

29Then Abraham spoke to him again, and said, “Suppose forty are found there?” He replied, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”

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Cross References

Genesis 18:26The Lord said, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty who are righteous, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

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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