Genesis 18:31
Abraham said, For I began once, I shall speak to my Lord; what if twenty be found there? The Lord said, I shall not slay for twenty.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.