Genesis 18:26 “So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city o…”

Genesis 18:26

So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

World English Bible

The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord answered, If I shall finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the citie, then will I spare all the place for their sakes.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

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Cross references

“And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”

Jeremiah 5:1 Matthew 24:22 Isaiah 65:8 Ezekiel 22:30 Isaiah 6:13 Isaiah 10:22

Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Matthew 24:22 · BSB

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Isaiah 65:8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

Ezekiel 22:30 · BSB

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

Isaiah 6:13 · BSB

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

Isaiah 10:22 · BSB

Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

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