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Genesis 18:27 KJV
Genesis · chapter 18 · verse 27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:Genesis 18:27 · King James Version
Genesis 18:27 in context
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?
26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- dustʻâphârdustH6083 →
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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