Gênesis 18:27

27 Tornou-lhe Abraão, dizendo: Eis que agora me atrevi a falar ao Senhor, ainda que sou pó e cinza.

Gênesis 18:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answered and said
In a very humble and modest manner, encouraged by the answer given him: behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord;
suggesting that it was bold and daring in him, and was what he was unfit for and unworthy of; or, "I have begun to speak" ^F5; and since he had, he intimates, it would be a favour, and what he was undeserving of, might he be permitted to proceed; or, "I am desirous to speak" ^F6; it is a pleasure to me, as well as an honour done me, to be permitted to speak unto the Lord, though I deserve it not, which [am but] dust and ashes;
whose original was out of the dust, and to which he would return, and was now a frail, feeble, mortal creature, mean and despicable, unworthy to speak to God; the disproportion between the speaker and the person spoken to was infinite; wherefore the most profound humility and self-abasement are necessary in a creature's approach to the divine Being.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (rbdl ytlawh) "coepi, loquar", V. L. "loqui", Pagninus, Montanus; so Targum Jon.
F6 "Gestio, volo, eupio", Vatablus; "cuperem alloqui", Junius & Tremellius; so Jarchi and Aben Ezra, and Ben Gersom.

Gênesis 18:27 In-Context

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?

26 Então disse o Senhor: Se eu achar em Sodoma cinqüenta justos dentro da cidade, pouparei o lugar todo por causa deles.

27 Tornou-lhe Abraão, dizendo: Eis que agora me atrevi a falar ao Senhor, ainda que sou pó e cinza.

28 Se porventura de cinqüenta justos faltarem cinco, destruirás toda a cidade por causa dos cinco? Respondeu ele: Não a destruirei, se eu achar ali quarenta e cinco.

29 Continuou Abraão ainda a falar-lhe, e disse: Se porventura se acharem ali quarenta? Mais uma vez assentiu: Por causa dos quarenta não o farei.