| 29. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 18:29:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֨סֶףvayosef{And} he continued Genesis 18:29:2 ⧉ע֜וֹדodagain Genesis 18:29:3 ⧉לְדַבֵּ֤רledabberto speak Genesis 18:29:4 ⧉אֵלָיו֙elavto him Genesis 18:29:5 ⧉וַיֹּאמַ֔רvayomar{And} he said Genesis 18:29:6 ⧉אוּלַ֛יulaiperhaps Genesis 18:29:7 ⧉יִמָּצְא֥וּןyimmatseunbe found Genesis 18:29:8 ⧉שָׁ֖םshamthere Genesis 18:29:9 ⧉אַרְבָּעִ֑יםarbaimforty Genesis 18:29:10 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomer{And} He said Genesis 18:29:11 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Genesis 18:29:12 ⧉אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂ֔הeesedo Genesis 18:29:13 ⧉בַּעֲב֖וּרbaavurfor the sake of Genesis 18:29:14 ⧉הָאַרְבָּעִֽים׃haarbaimthe forty |
| 29. Formal Translation And he continued speaking to Him {Yahweh, Patient Judge}, and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.” |
| 29. Dynamic Translation He kept on speaking to Him, and said, “What if forty are found there?” He {Yahweh, Merciful Protector} said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of those forty.” |