Chuàngshìjì 18:32

32 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , qiú zhǔ búyào dòngnù , wǒ zaì shuō zhè yī cì , jià ruò zaì nàli jiàn yòu shí gè ne . tā shuō , wèi zhè shí gè de yuángù , wǒ yĕ bù huǐmiè nà chéng .

Chuàngshìjì 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.

Chuàngshìjì 18:32 In-Context

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 .

31 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , wǒ hái gǎn duì zhǔ shuōhuà , jiǎ ruò zaì nàli jiàn yòu èr shí gè zĕnmeyàng ne . tā shuō , wèi zhè èr shí gè de yuángù , wǒ yĕ bù huǐmiè nà chéng .

32 Yàbólāhǎn shuō , qiú zhǔ búyào dòngnù , wǒ zaì shuō zhè yī cì , jià ruò zaì nàli jiàn yòu shí gè ne . tā shuō , wèi zhè shí gè de yuángù , wǒ yĕ bù huǐmiè nà chéng .

33 Yēhéhuá yù Yàbólāhǎn shuō wán le huà jiù zǒu le . Yàbólāhǎn yĕ huí dào zìjǐ de dìfang qù le .