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Genesis 18:28

אוּלַי יַחְסְרוּן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם חֲמִשָּׁה הֲתַשְׁחִית בַּחֲמִשָּׁה אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית אִם ־ אֶמְצָא שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

27וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה ־ נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל ־ אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר ׃

29וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד לְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמַר אוּלַי יִמָּצְאוּן שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֶֽעֱשֶׂה בַּעֲבוּר הָאַרְבָּעִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 18:26וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אִם ־ אֶמְצָא בִסְדֹם חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִם בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר וְנָשָׂאתִי לְכָל ־ הַמָּקוֹם בַּעֲבוּרָֽם ׃

Numbers 14:17וְעַתָּה יִגְדַּל ־ נָא כֹּחַ אֲדֹנָי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר ׃

Job 23:3מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבוֹא עַד ־ תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ ׃

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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