# Genesis 18.32 **Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 30. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31. 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. > > **32. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.** > > 33. And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. (Genesis 18:30-33, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 30. He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.” 31. 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.” > > **32. He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”** > > 33. Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place. (Genesis 18:30-33, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 30. And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31. 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 twenty's sake. > > **32. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.** > > 33. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. (Genesis 18:30-33, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 30. And he saith, 'Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, 'I do [it] not, if I find there thirty.' 31. 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.' > > **32. And he saith, 'Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.'** > > 33. And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place. (Genesis 18:30-33, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Moses (traditional authorship) / narrator - **Audience:** Israelite congregation post-Exodus - **Location:** various ANE settings (Eden → Mesopotamia → Canaan → Egypt) - **Time period:** events c. creation-c. 1800 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H0136 - adonai](/codex/h0136-adonai/), *adonai* (Strong's H136). Also appears in: [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/), [Judges 6.11-24](/codex/judges-6-11-24/), [Judges 6.22](/codex/judges-6-22/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Sodom and Gomorrah Objection Defeater](/codex/sodom-and-gomorrah-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/) - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [Genesis 18.16-33](/codex/genesis-18-16-33/) - [Bab edh-Dhra and Numeira](/codex/bab-edh-dhra-and-numeira/), via [Genesis 18.20-33](/codex/genesis-18-20-33/) - [Divine Wipeouts and Their Justification](/codex/divine-wipeouts-and-their-justification/), via [Genesis 18.22-33](/codex/genesis-18-22-33/) - [Tall el-Hammam Sodom Airburst](/codex/tall-el-hammam-sodom-airburst/), via [Genesis 18.20-33](/codex/genesis-18-20-33/) **Lexicon:** - [H6664 - tzedeq](/codex/h6664-tzedeq/), via [Genesis 18.23-32](/codex/genesis-18-23-32/) **Passages:** - [Daniel 9](/codex/daniel-9/) - [Ezekiel 18.1-24](/codex/ezekiel-18-1-24/) - [Ezekiel 18.30-32](/codex/ezekiel-18-30-32/) - [Ezekiel 28.11-17](/codex/ezekiel-28-11-17/) - [Ezekiel 33.11](/codex/ezekiel-33-11/) - [Ezekiel 34.17](/codex/ezekiel-34-17/) - [Ezekiel 36](/codex/ezekiel-36/) - [Ezekiel 39](/codex/ezekiel-39/) - [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/) - [Isaiah 21](/codex/isaiah-21/) - [Isaiah 48.15-16](/codex/isaiah-48-15-16/) - [Isaiah 48.16](/codex/isaiah-48-16/) - [Isaiah 6](/codex/isaiah-6/) - [Isaiah 6.1-8](/codex/isaiah-6-1-8/) - [Isaiah 61.1](/codex/isaiah-61-1/) - [Isaiah 61.1-2](/codex/isaiah-61-1-2/) - [Isaiah 61.1-6](/codex/isaiah-61-1-6/) - [Jeremiah 1.4-6](/codex/jeremiah-1-4-6/) - [Jeremiah 1.4-7](/codex/jeremiah-1-4-7/) - [Jeremiah 1.4-8](/codex/jeremiah-1-4-8/) - [Judges 13.3-22](/codex/judges-13-3-22/) - [Judges 6.11-24](/codex/judges-6-11-24/) - [Judges 6.22](/codex/judges-6-22/) - [Lamentations 2.20-21](/codex/lamentations-2-20-21/) - [Psalms 22.30-31](/codex/psalms-22-30-31/) - [Psalms 51](/codex/psalms-51/)