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Genesis 18

Gn. 18:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
p drew near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Wiltq thou also destroy
caphah (Hebrew #5595)
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
KJV usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
with
`im (Hebrew #5973)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
KJV usage: accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).
Pronounce: eem
Origin: from 6004
the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
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Wilt.
Gn. 18:25• 25Lejos de ti el hacer tal, que hagas morir al justo con el impío y que sea el justo tratado como el impío; nunca tal hagas. El juez de toda la tierra, ¿no ha de hacer lo que es justo? (Gn. 18:25)
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Gn. 20:4• 4Mas Abimelech no había llegado á ella, y dijo: Señor, ¿matarás también la gente justa? (Gn. 20:4)
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Nm. 16:22• 22Y ellos se echaron sobre sus rostros, y dijeron: Dios, Dios de los espíritus de toda carne, ¿no es un hombre el que pecó? ¿y airarte has tu contra toda la congregación? (Nm. 16:22)
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2 S. 24:17• 17Y David dijo á Jehová, cuando vió al ángel que hería al pueblo: Yo pequé, yo hice la maldad: ¿qué hicieron estas ovejas? Ruégote que tu mano se torne contra mí, y contra la casa de mi padre. (2 S. 24:17)
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Job 8:3• 3¿Acaso pervertirá Dios el derecho, O el Todopoderoso pervertirá la justicia? (Job 8:3)
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Job 34:17• 17¿Enseñorearáse el que aborrece juicio? ¿Y condenarás tú al que es tan justo? (Job 34:17)
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Sal. 11:4‑7• 4Jehová en el templo de su santidad: La silla de Jehová está en el cielo: Sus ojos ven, sus párpados examinan á los hijos de los hombres.
5Jehová prueba al justo; Empero al malo y al que ama la violencia, su alma aborrece.
6Sobre los malos lloverá lazos; Fuego y azufre, con vientos de torbellinos, será la porción del cáliz de ellos.
7Porque el justo Jehová ama la justicia: Al recto mirará su rostro.
(Sal. 11:4‑7)
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Ro. 3:5‑6• 5Y si nuestra iniquidad encarece la justicia de Dios, ¿qué diremos? ¿Será injusto Dios que da castigo?
6En ninguna manera: de otra suerte ¿cómo juzgaría Dios el mundo?
(Ro. 3:5‑6)
 Intercession for others before the Lord. He was enabled to plead for those, who were mixed up in Sodom’s defilement, and in danger of being involved in Sodom’s judgment, This was a happy and a holy use to make of his place of nearness to God. (Genesis 18 by C.H. Mackintosh)
 He has no longer a single want for himself; not one suit remains to be spread before Jehovah. His heart is drawn out in a spirit of grace, which answers to the grace of the Lord towards himself. He entreats Jehovah about others. (Abraham: Genesis 18, Continued by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?