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Genesis 18:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 18 · verse 23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?Genesis 18:23 · King James Version
Genesis 18:23 in context
21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- destroyçâphâhproperly, to scrape (literally, to shaveH5595 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. In the word God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to him. God had revealed to Abraham his purposes concerning Sodom; now from this Abraham takes occasion to speak to God on Sodom's behalf.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-33