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Text -- Genesis 18:29-33 (NET)
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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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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Abraham |
Sodom |
ANGEL |
Communion |
Intercession |
Prayer |
Condescension of God |
God |
Religion |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
ETHICS, III |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
GOD, 2 |
Curiosity |
Presumption |
LOT (1) |
Boldness |
NUMBER |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Humility |
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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 18:31 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.
