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He said, "Oh don`t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
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Boldness Through Familiarity
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon observe that Abraham's prayer becomes bolder as he continues. He moves from reducing the required number of righteous people by five to a more confident ten. This increasing boldness is not arrogance, but a result of growing familiarity and friendship with God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Baptist
This time the patriarch has advanced by ten; before, it was by fives. Pleading men grow bolder and braver in their requests. A man who is very fami…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and Iwill speakHe feared, through …
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