Genesis 18:28 meaning and explanation
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Abraham is interceding with the LORD over Sodom, having just received a promise that fifty righteous people would spare the city. Here he presses the case one step further, asking whether five missing from that number would change the outcome.
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