Kejadian 18:28-30

18:28 what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ¹  the whole city because five are lacking?” ²  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

18:29 Abraham ³  spoke to him again, ⁴  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

18:30 Then Abraham ⁵  said, “May the Lord not be angry ⁶  so that I may speak! ⁷  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

[18:28]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) was used earlier to describe the effect of the flood.

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “because of five.”

[18:29]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:29]  ⁴ tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys – the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.”

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”

[18:30]  ⁷ tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.