Genesis 18:28
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
חָסֵר
Lack, be without, need. To be in want means to lack something necessary. David says with the LORD as his shepherd he shall not lack anything. Every need is covered.
מָצָא
I will find
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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שָׁחַת
I will destroy it
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שָׁחַת
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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