Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. Matthew 7:7,11 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . . Luke 11:8 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. Luke 18:1 And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint, Ephesians 6:18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints: Hebrews 4:16 Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid. Hebrews 10:20-22 A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh: . . . Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…30Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.32I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.… Cross References Genesis 18:30 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there. Genesis 18:32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. Lexicon And [Abraham] said,וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Now that הִנֵּֽה־ (hin·nêh-) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! I have ventured הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙ (hō·w·’al·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything) to speak לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the Lord, אֲדֹנָ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord suppose אוּלַ֛י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps twenty עֶשְׂרִ֑ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth are found יִמָּצְא֥וּן (yim·mā·ṣə·’ūn) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present there?” שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither He replied, וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “On account בַּעֲב֖וּר (ba·‘ă·ḇūr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that of the twenty, הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים׃ (hā·‘eś·rîm) Article | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth I will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no destroy [it].” אַשְׁחִ֔ית (’aš·ḥîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin Additional Translations And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He replied, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty. And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for the twenty's sake. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake." And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the twenty.' 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