Genesis 18:24

18:24 What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare ¹  the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Genesis 7:24

7:24 The waters prevailed over ²  the earth for 150 days.

Genesis 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ³  from the earth, so that they ⁴  had gone down ⁵  by the end of the 150 days.

Genesis 6:15

6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ⁶ 

Genesis 18:26

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

Genesis 18:28

18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ⁷  the whole city because five are lacking?” ⁸  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

[18:24]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up,” perhaps in the sense of “bear with” (cf. NRSV “forgive”).

[7:24]  ² sn The Hebrew verb translated “prevailed over” suggests that the waters were stronger than the earth. The earth and everything in it were no match for the return of the chaotic deep.

[8:3]  ³ tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:3]  ⁵ tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.

[6:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.

[18:28]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “because of five.”