Gen 18:28-33 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 18:28-33 (NET)

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18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” 18:29 Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.” 18:30 Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.” 18:31 Abraham said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.” 18:32 Finally Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.” 18:33 The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

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· Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

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NET Notes: Gen 18:28 Heb “because of five.”

NET Notes: Gen 18:29 The construction is a verbal hendiadys – the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive &...

NET Notes: Gen 18:30 After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.

NET Notes: Gen 18:31 Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Gen 18:32 Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Gen 18:33 Heb “to his place.”

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