Skip to content
Church.wiki
Genesis

Genesis 18:28

King James Version

Translation: KJV
Start reading

26And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.Select Genesis 18:26

27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Select Genesis 18:27

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.Select Genesis 18:28

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.Select Genesis 18:29

30And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.Select Genesis 18:30

Read the whole chapter

Compare translations

WEB

18:28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.”

ASV

18:28 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

Next: Genesis 19Continue reading

King James Version (KJV) · GPL

Reading settings

Choose a passage

Old Testament

New Testament

Genesis

Selected verses

Tap another verse to select a range.

Highlight

My Bible

Listen

Uses an English voice provided by your browser.