Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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Other Translations for Genesis 18:24

BSB
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
AKJV
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
CPDV
If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it?
ERV
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
NHEB
What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
SMT
Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it?

Commentary for Genesis 18:24

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Overview of Genesis 18:24
Summary
Conditional salvation proposed for righteous inhabitants
Place
Sodom
Event
Abraham proposes saving threshold
Estimated Time Period
c. 2000 BC
Category
Prayer