And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Abraham dit: Que le Seigneur ne s'irrite point, et je ne parlerai plus que cette fois. Peut-être s'y trouvera-t-il dix justes. Et l'Eternel dit: Je ne la détruirai point, à cause de ces dix justes.
KJV
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.
Philo Judaeus
De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia
τὸν λογισμὸν ψυχῆς, ἵν’, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ τὸ δικαιοσύνης μνημεῖον, ἡ δεκάς, ἐν αὐτῇ, τύχῃ τινὸς ἀμνηστίας (Gen. 18, 32)· ἄρχεται μὲν οὖν τῆς ἱκεσίας ἀπὸ τοῦ τῆς ἀφέσεως ἀριθμοῦ, πεντηκοντάδος, λήγει δὲ εἰς δεκάδα, τὴν τελευταίαν ἀπολύτρωσιν. ἀφ’ οὗ μοι δοκεῖ καὶ Μωυσῆς μετὰ τὴν χιλιάρχ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)
ultionem ostenditur, cum propter decem justos vult multis millibus parcere peccatorum [Col. 0073D] (Gen. XVIII, 32) . Quid multa? ubi universos uno impetu cernit ad malum, nec in tanta multitudine aliquis invenitur, qui de malo quaerat ad bonum reverti, coelestis flammas cunctos…
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