Genesis 18:30

Then Abraham said, “Oh, let not the Lord be angry, but let me speak. Suppose thirty are found there?” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

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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

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.”

31Then Abraham said, “You see that I have dared to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there?” He replied, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”

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Cross References

Psalms 10:17Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,

Hebrews 12:28Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and the deepest respect.

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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