Genesis 18:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 the forty's sake.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And [Abraham] spoke to Him yet again, and said, Suppose [only] forty shall be found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 the forty’s sake.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Once again Abraham spoke, “What if forty are there?” The LORD said, “For the sake of forty, I will do nothing.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And again he said to him, "But if forty were found there, what would you do?" He said, "I will not strike, for the sake of the forty."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.

Genesis 18:29 Cross References

Genesis 18:28

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

Genesis 18:30

And he said, 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.

Ephesians 6:18

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.