1. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body as a sign of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight inclinati…

And said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy a…

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city

Here is the first solemn prayer on record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be s…