Genesis 18:26

Yahweh replied, “If I find 50 righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the whole place/city for their sake.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

In Context

25It would certainly not be right for you to do such a thing, to kill righteous people along with wicked ones, and treat righteous people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!” [RHQ]

27Abraham replied, “I should not be bold like this and speak to you, God, because I am as worthless as dust and ashes [MET].

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:13If even one tenth of the people survive and stay there, their enemies will invade the land again and burn everything. But, just like [MET] when an oak tree is cut down, a stump is left from which new shoots will grow, the people who remain in this land will be a group that will become large again and be ◄set apart for/dedicated to► me.”

Isaiah 19:24And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be friendly to each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.

Jeremiah 5:1Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem, “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. If you find even one person like that, I will forgive the people of Jerusalem and not destroy their city.

Matthew 24:22If God had not decided to shorten that time [MTY] when people will suffer so much, everyone [LIT] would die. But he has decided to shorten it because he is concerned about the people whom he has chosen.”

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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