Chuàngshìjì 18:28

28 Jiǎ ruò zhè wǔ shí gè yì rén duǎn le wǔ gĕ , nǐ jiù yīnwei duǎn le wǔ gĕ huǐmiè quán chéng ma . tā shuō , wǒ zaì nàli ruò jiàn yǒu sì shí wǔ gĕ , yĕ bù huǐmiè nà chéng .

Chuàngshìjì 18:28 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there should lack five of the fifty righteous,
&c.] Or there should be but forty five; for Abraham perceived, by the Lord's answer, that there were not fifty righteous persons in the place: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five?
Abraham proceeds gradually in his requests, and does not ask too much at once, lest he should not succeed: and he said, if l find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it];
that is, forty five righteous persons.

Chuàngshìjì 18:28 In-Context

26 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ ruò zaì Suǒduōmǎ chéng lǐ jiàn yǒu wǔ shí gè yì rén , wǒ jiù wéi tāmende yuángù raóshù nà dìfang de zhòngrén .

27 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , wǒ suīrán shì huī chén , hái gǎn duì zhǔ shuōhuà .

28 Jiǎ ruò zhè wǔ shí gè yì rén duǎn le wǔ gĕ , nǐ jiù yīnwei duǎn le wǔ gĕ huǐmiè quán chéng ma . tā shuō , wǒ zaì nàli ruò jiàn yǒu sì shí wǔ gĕ , yĕ bù huǐmiè nà chéng .

29 Yàbólāhǎn yòu duì tā shuō , jià ruò zaì nàli jiàn yǒu sì shí gè zĕnmeyàng ne . tā shuō , wéi zhè sì shí gĕ de yuángù , wǒ yĕ bú zuò zhè shì .

30 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , qiú zhǔ búyào dòngnù , róng wǒ shuō . jià ruò zaì nàli jiàn yǒu sān shí gè zĕnmeyàng ne . tā shuō , wǒ zaì nàli ruò jiàn yǒu sān shí gè , wǒ yĕ bú zuò zhè shì .