Gênesis 18:23

23 E chegando-se Abraão, disse: Destruirás também o justo com o ímpio?

Gênesis 18:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near
To the Lord; he approached nearer to him, to have more close and intimate conversation with him on the subject of the destruction of Sodom, which he perceived, by what had been said, was like to be; he drew nigh to God in prayer; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``and Abraham prayed and said;''

he drew nigh with faith and freedom, and an holy boldness and confidence, and yet with great reverence of the divine Majesty, and in all humility, under a deep sense of his own meanness and unworthiness: and said, wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
having in his mind righteous Lot, who dwelt in Sodom, whom he knew to be a just man, though he had departed from him, and was dwelling in such a wicked place; and he might charitably hope there were more in so large a city and in the parts adjacent, at least that were not so flagitious and abominably wicked as the greater part were, and who, in comparison of them, were sober and moral people.

Gênesis 18:23 In-Context

21 descerei agora, e verei se em tudo têm praticado segundo o seu clamor, que a mim tem chegado; e se não, sabê-lo-ei.

22 Então os homens, virando os seus rostos dali, foram-se em direção a Sodoma; mas Abraão ficou ainda em pé diante do Senhor.

23 E chegando-se Abraão, disse: Destruirás também o justo com o ímpio?

24 Se porventura houver cinqüenta justos na cidade, destruirás e não pouparás o lugar por causa dos cinqüenta justos que ali estão?

25 Longe de ti que faças tal coisa, que mates o justo com o ímpio, de modo que o justo seja como o ímpio; esteja isto longe de ti. Não fará justiça o juiz de toda a terra?