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Genesis 18:16-33 (TNIV)

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¹⁶ When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. ¹⁷ Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? ¹⁸ Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. ¹⁹ For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." ²⁰ Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous ²¹ that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know." ²² The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. ²³ Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? ²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? ^{25 26} The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake." ²⁷ Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, ²⁸ what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it." ²⁹ Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it." ³⁰ Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." ³¹ Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?" He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it." ³² Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?" He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it." ³³ When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 23) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 24) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 25) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 26) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 27) Humility - Abram - I am nothing but dust and ashes
(v. 27) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 28) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 29) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 30) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 31) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah
(v. 32) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Abraham - asks God about Sodom and Gomorrah

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 20) Is God present everywhere, sees all things, and knows all things? I will go down and see if what they have done

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 20) Purpose Driven Life - What Makes God Smile? (Part 2) (2008-05-31)
(v. 23) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 24) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 25) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 25) Passionate Intercession (2015-07-01)
(v. 26) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 27) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 28) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 29) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 30) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 31) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 32) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)
(v. 32) Genesis 18 - Abraham prays for Sodom (2011-10-18)
(v. 32) Passionate Intercession (2015-07-01)
(v. 33) Teach Us To Pray - Reasoning with God (2008-09-08)

Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Gomorrah (Ge-morr-a): rebellious people
Sodom (Sodd-om): their secret; their cement