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30 Then Abraham[a] said, “May the Lord not be angry[b] so that I may speak![c] What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 18:30 tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”
  3. Genesis 18:30 tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.