Genesis 18:31
He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”This verse in the real world
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- יָאַלyâʼalproperly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîymtwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
- מָצָאmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or ac
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâythe Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.