Genesis 18:29

And he spake vnto him yet agayne and sayde: what yf there be.xl. foude there: And he sayde: I wyll not do it for forties sake.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

In Context

28What though there lacke.v. of.l. rightwes wylt thou destroy all the cyte for lacke of.v? And he sayde: Yf I fynde there.xl. and.v. I will not destroy them.

30And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake. What yf there be foude.xxx. there? And he sayde: I will not do it yf I finde.xxx. there.

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Cross References

Hebrews 4:16Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receave mercy and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede.

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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