29Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."


In Context

26 The Lord said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

27 Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."

29 Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

31 Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?" He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it."

Genesis 18:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29He spoke to him yet again, and said, |What if there are forty found there?| He said, |I will not do it for the forty's sake.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, 'Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, because of the forty.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.