Génesis 18:32

32 Finalmente, Abraham dijo:
—Señor, por favor, no te enojes conmigo si hablo una vez más. ¿Y si hubiera tan solo diez?
Y el Señor
contestó:
—Entonces no la destruiré por causa de esos diez.

Génesis 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.

Génesis 18:32 In-Context

30 —Por favor, no te enojes, mi Señor —rogó Abraham—. Permíteme seguir hablando. ¿Supongamos que se encontraran solamente treinta justos?
El Señor
le contestó:
—No la destruiré si encuentro treinta.

31 Entonces Abraham dijo:
—Dado que me he atrevido a hablar al Señor, permíteme continuar. ¿Supongamos que hay solamente veinte?
El Señor
le contestó:
—Entonces no la destruiré por causa de esos veinte.

32 Finalmente, Abraham dijo:
—Señor, por favor, no te enojes conmigo si hablo una vez más. ¿Y si hubiera tan solo diez?
Y el Señor
contestó:
—Entonces no la destruiré por causa de esos diez.

33 Cuando el Señor
terminó la conversación con Abraham, siguió su camino, y Abraham regresó a su carpa.