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Genesis 18:25-27
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 18:25-27
EasyEnglish Bible
25 Will you kill them all, the good people and the bad people? Surely you would not do anything like that! You would not punish good people in the same way as bad people. You are the great judge of everyone on the earth. You will surely do what is right!’
26 The Lord replied, ‘If I see that there are 50 good people in the city of Sodom, I will not destroy that place. Because of those 50 good people, I will leave the city there.’
27 Then Abraham spoke again. He said, ‘I have been brave enough to speak to the Lord. I know that I am nothing more than dust and ashes.[a]
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- 18:27 Abraham said that he is not important enough to argue with the Lord God. He was only a human that God himself has made.
Genesis 18:25-27
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Genesis 18:25-27
New International Version
25 Far be it from you to do such a thing(A)—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous(B) and the wicked alike.(C) Far be it from you! Will not the Judge(D) of all the earth do right?”(E)
26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.(F)”
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,(G)
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