Nehr · Genesis 18

Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Genesis 18:28, King James Version
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World English Bible (WEB)

What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

American Standard Version (ASV)

peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous--dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, 'I destroy <FI>it<Fi> not, if I find there forty and five.'

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