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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםcame nearוַיִּגַּשׁand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Will you reallyהַאַףsweep awayתִּסְפֶּהthe righteousצַדִּיקwithעִםthe wicked?רָשָׁע
Genesis 18:23
Study it in the app“Abraham came near and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?”
Abraham pleads over Sodom: will the judge of all the earth not do justly?HolinessAbraham approaches God and pleads for the righteous in SodomPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 18:23, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigash” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- sweep awayתִּסְפֶּהtispe
sweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “tispe” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears
The context
22The men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before YHWH.
23 · This verse (above)
24Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city; will you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
To study Genesis 18 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham do when he saw the three men, and what did they announce about Sarah (vv. 2-10)?
2. What it means
What does the question “Is anything too difficult for YHWH?” teach (v. 14)?
3. How I live it
Whom can you welcome this week to your home or table with Abraham’s generosity?