Kejadian 18:30

18:30 Then Abraham ¹  said, “May the Lord not be angry ²  so that I may speak! ³  What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

[18:30]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:30]  ² tn Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”

[18:30]  ³ tn After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.