Genesis 18 · Verse 26

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:26, King James Version

Genesis 18:26 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
WEBThe LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
ASVAnd Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith, ‘If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.
BBEAnd the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
WebsterAnd the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

What does Genesis 18:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 18:23-33

Here is the first solemn prayer upon record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be spared, if but a few righteous persons should be found in it. Come and learn from Abraham what compassion we should feel for sinners, and how earnestly we should pray for them. We see here that the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Abraham…

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Genesis 18:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אִם\־'im-ifH518
אֶמְצָ֥א'em.Tza'I will findH4672
בִסְדֹ֛םvis.Domin SodomH5467
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572
צַדִּיקִ֖םtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst ofH8432
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וְנָשָׂ֥אתִיve.na.Sa.tiand I will forgiveH5375
לְכָל\־le.khol<to> allH3605
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
בַּעֲבוּרָֽם\׃ba.'a.vu.Ramfor sake of themH5668

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 18:26

  • Jeremiah 5:1

    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

  • Matthew 24:22

    And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

  • Isaiah 65:8

    Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

  • Ezekiel 22:30

    And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  • Isaiah 10:22

    For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  • Isaiah 6:13

    But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

  • Isaiah 19:24

    In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

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Isa 6:13; 10:22; 19:24; 65:8; Jer 5:1; Eze 22:30; Mt 24:22

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Context

  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Genesis 18:26

    And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Genesis 18:27

    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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Genesis 18:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces respondió Jehová: Si hallare en Sodoma cincuenta justos dentro de la ciudad, perdonaré á todo este lugar por amor de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel dit: Si je trouve dans Sodome 50 justes, au-dedans de la ville, je pardonnerai à tout le lieu à cause d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach: Wenn ich in Sodom, innerhalb der Stadt, fünfzig Gerechte finde, so will ich um ihretwillen dem ganzen Orte vergeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta justos in medio civitatis, dimittam omni loco propter eos.