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Genesis 18:26-28
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26 So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27 Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord[a] (although I am but dust and ashes),[b] 28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy[c] the whole city because five are lacking?”[d] He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:27 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 30, 31, 32 is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
  2. Genesis 18:27 tn The disjunctive clause is a concessive clause here, drawing out the humility as a contrast to the Lord.
  3. Genesis 18:28 tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.
  4. Genesis 18:28 tn Heb “because of five.”
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