Genesis 18:30

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he said, “Do not let my Lord be angry if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?” He replied: I will refrain from doing it if I can find thirty there.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Psalm 89:7

Who in the skies ranks with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

Psalm 10:17

You listen, Lord, to the needs of the poor; you strengthen their heart and incline your ear.

Psalm 9:12

Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations!

Job 40:4

Look, I am of little account; what can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.

Judges 6:39

Gideon then said to God, “Do not be angry with me if I speak once more. Let me make just one more test with the fleece. Let the fleece alone be dry, but let there be dew on all the ground.”

Genesis 44:18

Judah then stepped up to him and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant appeal to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh.

Genesis 18:29

But Abraham persisted, saying, “What if only forty are found there?” He replied: I will refrain from doing it for the sake of the forty.

Genesis 18:31

Abraham went on, “Since I have thus presumed to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?” I will not destroy it, he answered, for the sake of the twenty.