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Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
“Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”
And he said unto him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and
I will speak
He feared, through his importunity, he should be wearisome to him
and incur his displeasure; this being often the case among men,
especially when inferiors are soliciting their superiors, and,
not content with one favour, are pressing for more:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there;
the abatement is larger than before; he only made an abatement of
five at a time, now ten at once, and so he proceeds;
and he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty
there;
not destroy the place for their sake.