Study it in the app“Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare like the wicked! Far be it from you! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice?””
Abraham pleads over Sodom: will the judge of all the earth not do justly?HolinessAbraham approaches God and pleads for the righteous in SodomPrayer
Far be itחָלִלָהfrom youלְּךָto doמֵעֲשֹׂתsuchכַּ הַזֶּהa thing,דָּבָרto put to deathלְהָמִיתthe righteousצַדִּיקwithעִםthe wicked,רָשָׁעso thatוְthe righteousכַצַּדִּיקfareהָיָהlike the wicked!כָּרָשָׁעFar be itחָלִלָהfrom you!לָּךְShallהֲthe Judgeשֹׁפֵטof allכָּלthe earthהָאָרֶץnotלֹאdoיַעֲשֶׂהjustice?”מִשְׁפָּט
far be it!
"Far be it!", "by no means!": an expression that rejects something as unthinkable.
Where else “chalila” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamit” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appearswicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsjudge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appearspeople
The people who live on the earth.
Where else “arets” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears24Perhaps 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?
25 · This verse (above)
26YHWH said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
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?
