30 Again he said, Let not my Lord now be angry that I speak, What if thirty be found there? Then he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 Moreover he said, Behold now, I have begun to speak unto my Lord, What if twenty be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

32 Then he said, Let not my Lord be now angry, and I will speak but this [a]once, What if ten be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:32 If God refused not the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church?

30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry,(A) but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”

He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.(B) What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten,(C) I will not destroy it.”

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