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Genesis 18:28

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

27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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.

29 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.

30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
ASV
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
DARBY
Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy [it].
BLB
Suppose there are lacking five of the fifty righteous? Would You destroy for the five the whole city?” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] if I find there forty and five.”
ÅB
kanskje det fattes fem i de femti rettferdige, vil du da ødelegge hele byen for disse fems skyld? Han svarte: Jeg skal ikke ødelegge den dersom jeg finner fem og førti der.
OTB
anta at de femti rettferdige mangler fem, vil du ødelegge hele byen for mangel på fem?” Han sa, “Jeg vil ikke ødelegge den hvis jeg finner førtifem der.”
B1930
kanskje det fattes fem i de femti rettferdige, vil du da ødelegge hele byen for disse fems skyld? Han svarte: Jeg skal ikke ødelegge den dersom jeg finner fem og firti der.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 18:26

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

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  • Job 23:3–4

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

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  • Numbers 14:17–19

    And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

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  • Genesis 18:29

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 20:32–33

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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