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Genesis 18:25

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May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Genesis 18:25 in other translations

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 18:25 · American Standard Version

Genesis 18:25 in context

  1. 23Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
  2. 24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
  3. 25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
  4. 26Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
  5. 27Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.