Genesis 18:26 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Abraham (397)

And in this manner, through a series of questions and answers, even if he finds ten righteous people in the city, he promises impunity to the entire people on account of the righteousness of a few. Where do we learn how great a wall is for our country, a virtuous man, how we should not envy holy men, nor disrespect them lightly. For their faith saves us, their justice defends us from destruction. Even Sodom, if it had ten righteous men, could have not perished.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,.... Sodom is particularly mentioned because Lot dwelt there, and being the metropolis, and the city of greatest note, as Jarchi observes, it is put for the rest; and the sense is, if fifty righteous persons could be found in all the five cities, mercy should be shown them: then will I spare all the place for their sakes; not Sodom only, but the whole country, of which Sodom was the chief; the Lord takes up and agrees to the number Abraham pitched upon, and grants the request he makes.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אֶמְצָ֥א	'em.Tza'	I will find	H4672 →
בִסְדֹ֛ם	vis.Dom	in Sodom	H5467 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים	cha.mi.Shim	fifty	H2572 →
צַדִּיקִ֖ם	tza.di.Kim	righteous [people]	H6662 →
בְּת֣וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in [the] midst of	H8432 →
הָעִ֑יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי	ve.na.Sa.ti	and I will forgive	H5375 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	<to> all	H3605 →
הַמָּק֖וֹם	ha.ma.Kom	the place	H4725 →
בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃	ba.'a.vu.Ram	for sake of them	H5668 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 22:30
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…
leads to
- Genesis 18:23–32
  Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 59:16
  He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Jeremiah 5:1
  “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…
- Psalms 106:23
  So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Ezekiel 13:5
  You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
Through
Matthew 24:22
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.
leads to
- Mark 13:20
  If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 2:10
  For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Through
Isaiah 6:13
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.”
leads to
- Job 14:7–9
  For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis