Verse 25

Genesis 18:25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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25 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?

Original Language Text

hebrew

חָלִ֨לָ/ה לְּ/ךָ֜ מֵ/עֲשֹׂ֣ת כַּ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֗ה לְ/הָמִ֤ית צַדִּיק֙ עִם רָשָׁ֔ע וְ/הָיָ֥ה כַ/צַּדִּ֖יק כָּ/רָשָׁ֑ע חָלִ֣לָ/ה לָּ֔/ךְ הֲ/שֹׁפֵט֙ כָּל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה מִשְׁפָּֽט

English Translation

It is inconceivable for you to do this, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous is like the wicked; is it inconceivable for you? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justice?

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Chapter 18 Context

1 And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the... Focus ↗

3 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon a... Focus ↗

4 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant: Focus ↗

5 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree. Focus ↗

6 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for th... Focus ↗

7 Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measure... Focus ↗

8 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it t... Focus ↗

9 He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by... Focus ↗

10 And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the te... Focus ↗

11 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife... Focus ↗

12 Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manne... Focus ↗

13 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old Focus ↗

14 And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child i... Focus ↗

15 Is there any thing hard to God (Elohim)? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same... Focus ↗

16 Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst lau... Focus ↗

17 And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with... Focus ↗

18 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do: Focus ↗

19 \"Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be... Focus ↗

20 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lor... Focus ↗

21 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly... Focus ↗

22 I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it... Focus ↗

23 And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before... Focus ↗

24 And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? Focus ↗

25 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place...

26 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be i... Focus ↗

27 And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place... Focus ↗

28 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust... Focus ↗

29 What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole ci... Focus ↗

30 And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destro... Focus ↗

31 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He an... Focus ↗

32 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said... Focus ↗

33 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found... Focus ↗

34 And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 18 (33 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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