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Genesis 18:30

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.

KJV

Ne quæso, inquit, indigneris, Domine, si loquar : quid si ibi inventi fuerint triginta ? Respondit : Non faciam, si invenero ibi triginta.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Μή τι, κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα; καὶ εἶπεν Οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἐὰν εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ֠/יֹּאמֶר אַל נָ֞א יִ֤חַר לַֽ/אדֹנָ/י֙ וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֔רָה אוּלַ֛י יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ן שָׁ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֔ה אִם אֶמְצָ֥א שָׁ֖ם שְׁלֹשִֽׁים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אוּלַ֛י
'vly
adverb · 45×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shlshym
adjective · 174×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  • Gen 18:27 — And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
  • Gen 44:18 — Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
  • Jer 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his hea