Bible Commentary

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake. Gen 18:32 I will not destroy it for tens sake The incalculable worth of good men This narrative teaches– 1. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:32”

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. And he said, behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,…. [See comments on Ge 18:27]: Peradventure there … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:31”

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. And he said unto him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak,…. He feared, through … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:30”

And he spoke 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. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:29”

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]. Lack of five, Heb. for five, or because of five, to wit, which are lacking or wanting. The same supplement we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:28”

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes: 27. dust and ashes ] Two alliterative words in the Heb. ( phar va-pher) which defy reproduction in English: cf. Gen 1:2, Gen 4:14. For the dust of man’s frame, cf. Gen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:27”

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,…. Sodom is particularly mentioned because Lot dwelt there, and being the metropolis, and the city of greatest note, as Jarchi observes, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:26”

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 25. That be far from thee ] An exclamation of deprecation, like “God forbid,” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:25”

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein? 24. spare the place ] The word in the Heb. means literally “and take away for the place,” i.e. its guilt, and so “forgive,” as in Num 14:19. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:24”

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 23. Abraham drew near ] Abraham’s intercession comes as a reply to Jehovah’s statement in Gen 18:20-21, from which the doom of the cities might be inferred. It forms one of the most striking and pathetic passages in the book. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 18:23”