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Genesis 18:29-31
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29 Abraham[a] spoke to him again,[b] “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

30 Then Abraham[c] said, “May the Lord not be angry[d] so that I may speak![e] What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31 Abraham[f] said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

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  1. Genesis 18:29 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 18:29 tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys—the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.”
  3. Genesis 18:30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Genesis 18:30 tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”
  5. Genesis 18:30 tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.
  6. Genesis 18:31 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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