The Meaning of Genesis 18:24 Explained

Genesis 18:24

KJV: Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

YLT: peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst?

Darby: There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

ASV: Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Peradventure there be  fifty  righteous  within  the city:  wilt thou also destroy  and not spare  the place  for  the fifty  righteous  that [are] therein? 

What does Genesis 18:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 18:16-33 - Abraham Pleads For Sodom
Christ had visited Abraham's tent, but He did more. He trusted him with His secrets, and led him almost unconsciously to a degree of faith and prayer that was far beyond what he had hitherto attained. Abraham seemed to be driving the Blessed One from point to point, but as a matter of fact, he was being drawn forward. It was so with the woman of Syrophenicia. God's love and willingness to bless far exceeded Abraham's faith, and when he had gone as far as he dared the divine love went farther and saved Lot from the overthrow. We can never go into the realms of love and compassion, without finding the footsteps of the Redeemer. See Hebrews 10:22. Amid all the mysteries of God's moral government we must always believe that He is just and righteous. His throne is encircled by the rainbow, but it is founded in unimpeachable integrity. How low Abraham lay in his self-estimate! They who know most of God do not presume on their knowledge, but esteem themselves the least of saints. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 18

1  The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels
9  Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son
16  The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham
23  Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants

What do the individual words in Genesis 18:24 mean?

Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city would also You destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that were in it
אוּלַ֥י יֵ֛שׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר הַאַ֤ף תִּסְפֶּה֙ וְלֹא־ תִשָּׂ֣א לַמָּק֔וֹם לְמַ֛עַן חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר ؟ בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ

אוּלַ֥י  Suppose 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אוּלַי  
Sense: perhaps, peradventure.
יֵ֛שׁ  there  were 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
צַדִּיקִ֖ם  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
בְּת֣וֹךְ  within 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
הָעִ֑יר  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַאַ֤ף  would  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
תִּסְפֶּה֙  You  destroy 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: סָפָה  
Sense: to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume.
וְלֹא־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִשָּׂ֣א  spare 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
לַמָּק֔וֹם  the  place 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  the  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם  righteous 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  that  were 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
؟ בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.

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