Genesis 18:26
Strong's Lexicon
So the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I find
אֶמְצָ֥א (’em·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

fifty
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: 1) fifty 1a) fifty (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of fifty (with other numbers) 1c) fiftieth (ordinal number)

righteous ones
צַדִּיקִ֖ם (ṣad·dî·qim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

within
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: 1) midst, middle 1a) midst, middle 1b) into, through (after verbs of motion) 1c) among (of a number of persons) 1d) between (of things arranged by twos) 1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)

the city
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: 1) excitement, anguish 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town

of Sodom,
בִסְדֹ֛ם (ḇis·ḏōm)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5467: Sodom = 'burning' 1) a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment

on their account
בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃ (ba·‘ă·ḇū·rām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5668: prep 1) for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to conj 2) in order that

I will spare
וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (wə·nā·śā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought

the whole
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

place.”
הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, ‘If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD said, “ If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account."

King James Bible
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

New Living Translation
And the LORD replied, "If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake."

English Standard Version
And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account."

King James Bible
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

International Standard Version
The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake."

NET Bible
So the LORD replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
















Cross References
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 18:25
That 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?

Genesis 18:24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 18:23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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

Genesis 18:28
Peradventure 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.

Genesis 18:29
And 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.
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