Genesis 18:30

NETBible

Then Abraham 1  said, “May the Lord not be angry 2  so that I may speak! 3  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

NIV ©

Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

NASB ©

Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

NLT ©

"Please don’t be angry, my Lord," Abraham pleaded. "Let me speak––suppose only thirty are found?" And the LORD replied, "I will not destroy it if there are thirty."

MSG ©

He said, "Master, don't be irritated with me, but what if only thirty are found?" "No, I won't do it if I find thirty."

BBE ©

And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

NRSV ©

Then he said, "Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

NKJV ©

Then he said, "Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?" So He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

KJV
And he said
<0559> (8799)
[unto him], Oh
<04994>
let not the Lord
<0136>
be angry
<02734> (8799)_,
and I will speak
<01696> (8762)_:
Peradventure there shall thirty
<07970>
be found
<04672> (8735)
there.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will not do
<06213> (8799)
[it], if I find
<04672> (8799)
thirty
<07970>
there.
NASB ©
Then he said
<559>
, "Oh
<4994>
may
<4994>
the Lord
<136>
not be angry
<2734>
, and I shall speak
<1696>
; suppose
<194>
thirty
<7970>
are found
<4672>
there
<8033>
?" And He said
<559>
, "I will not do
<6213>

it
if
<518>
I find
<4672>
thirty
<7970>
there
<8033>
."
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eipen {V-AAI-3S} mh
<3165> 
ADV
ti
<5100> 
I-NSN
kurie
<2962> 
N-VSM
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
lalhsw
<2980> 
V-AAS-1S
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
de
<1161> 
PRT
eureywsin
<2147> 
V-APS-3P
ekei
<1563> 
ADV
triakonta
<5144> 
N-NUI
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eipen {V-AAI-3S} ou
<3364> 
ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
apolesw {V-AAS-1S} ean
<1437> 
CONJ
eurw
<2147> 
V-AAS-1S
ekei
<1563> 
ADV
triakonta
<5144> 
N-NUI
NET [draft] ITL
Then Abraham said
<0559>
, “May the Lord
<0136>
not
<0408>
be angry
<02734>
so that I may speak
<01696>
! What if
<0194>
thirty
<07970>
are found
<04672>
there
<08033>
?” He replied
<0559>
, “I will not
<03808>
do
<06213>
it if
<0518>
I find
<04672>
thirty
<07970>
there
<08033>
.”
HEBREW
Mysls
<07970>
Ms
<08033>
auma
<04672>
Ma
<0518>
hvea
<06213>
al
<03808>
rmayw
<0559>
Mysls
<07970>
Ms
<08033>
Nwaumy
<04672>
ylwa
<0194>
hrbdaw
<01696>
yndal
<0136>
rxy
<02734>
an
<04994>
la
<0408>
rmayw (18:30)
<0559>
NETBible

Then Abraham 1  said, “May the Lord not be angry 2  so that I may speak! 3  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”

3 tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.