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Genesis 18:26

Sodom
Mercy and compassion

24 What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?

25 Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

27 Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

28 suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

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BSB
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
KJV
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
WEB
The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
ASV
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
DARBY
And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.
BLB
And YHWH said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren: Dersom jeg i byen Sodoma finner femti rettferdige, da vil jeg spare hele byen for deres skyld.
OTB
Herren sa, “Hvis jeg finner femti rettferdige i byen Sodoma, vil jeg spare hele stedet for deres skyld.”
B1930
Da sa Herren: Dersom jeg i byen Sodoma finner femti rettferdige, da vil jeg spare hele byen for deres skyld.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:1

    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

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  • Matthew 24:22

    If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

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  • Isaiah 65:8

    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

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  • Ezekiel 22:30

    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

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  • Isaiah 10:22

    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 6:13

    And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

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  • Isaiah 19:24

    In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

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