Genesis 18:31

And be sayde: Oh se I haue begonne to speake vnto my LORde what yf there be.xx. founde there? And he sayde: I will not distroy the for tweties sake.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

In Context

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.

32And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake yet but eue once more only. What yf ten be founde there?. And he sayde: I will not destroy the for.x. sake.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7Axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynd. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.

Luke 11:8I saye vnto you though he wold not aryse and geve him because he is his frede: yet because of his importunite he wold rise and geve him as many as he neded.

Hebrews 10:20by the newe and livynge waye which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to saye by his flesshe.

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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