Gênesis 18:32

32 Então Abraão disse ainda: “Não te ires, Senhor, mas permite-me falar só mais uma vez. E se apenas dez forem encontrados?”Ele respondeu: “Por amor aos dez não a destruirei”.

Gênesis 18:32 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:32

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak
yet but this once
This should be the last request he should make on this account, and therefore he desired he might be heard without any marks of his displeasure;

Peradventure ten shall be found there:
how would the place be dealt with then? would it be consumed or not?

and he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake;
though no more righteous persons were found in it. Some of the Jewish writers say ^F7, he ended at ten, because he supposed there were ten righteous persons in Lot's family, Lot and his wife, and their four daughters, and their four husbands; but they forgot that two of Lot's daughters were unmarried, and how many he had married is not known; ten they say make a congregation, and wherever there are ten righteous persons, a place is saved for their sakes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 49. fol. 44. 3.

Gênesis 18:32 In-Context

30 Então continuou ele: “Não te ires, Senhor, mas permite-me falar. E se apenas trinta forem encontrados ali?”Ele respondeu: “Se encontrar trinta, não a destruirei”.

31 Prosseguiu Abraão: “Agora que já fui tão ousado falando ao Senhor, pergunto: E se apenas vinte forem encontrados ali?”Ele respondeu: “Por amor aos vinte não a destruirei”.

32 Então Abraão disse ainda: “Não te ires, Senhor, mas permite-me falar só mais uma vez. E se apenas dez forem encontrados?”Ele respondeu: “Por amor aos dez não a destruirei”.

33 Tendo acabado de falar com Abraão, o SENHOR partiu, e Abraão voltou para casa.