Genesis 18:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 18:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 18:24 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 18:24 — KJV
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
— Genesis 18:24 (KJV)
Genesis 18:24 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 18:24
“And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:24: fifty, righteous, within
“Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:24: peradventure, fifty, righteous
“And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:24: within, city, place
“Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:24: city, destroy, therein
“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. within: Heb. from the chambers destroy: Heb. bereave”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:24: within, also, destroy
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