Genesis 18:28
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”This verse in the real world
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- חָסֵרchâçêrto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- אַרְבָּעִיםʼarbâʻîymforty
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqjust
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshfive
- מָצָאmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or ac
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 20:32–33, Gen 18:26, Num 14:17–19, Job 23:3–4, Gen 18:29