Genesis 18:29

29 And he spake unto him yet again , and said , Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said , I will not do it for forty's sake.

Genesis 18:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:29

And he spake [unto him] yet again, and said
Being encouraged by such a gracious answer: Peradventure there shall be forty found there;
forty righteous persons; and, from preceding passages, it must be supplied,

``wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for their sakes?''

and he said, I will not do [it] for forty's sake;
but spare them for their sake.

Genesis 18:29 In-Context

27 And Abraham answered and said , Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said , If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again , and said , Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said , I will not do it for forty's sake.

30 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.

31 And he said , Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said , I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.