Genesis 18:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 18:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 18:26 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 18:26 — KJV
“And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
— Genesis 18:26 (KJV)
Genesis 18:26 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 18:26
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:26: fifty, righteous, within
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:26: lord, within, then
“They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:26: lord, righteous, then
“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 18:26: find, fifty, righteous
“Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 18:26: city, then, place
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