Genesis 18:27
New International Version
Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

New Living Translation
Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

English Standard Version
Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

King James Bible
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

New King James Version
Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

New American Standard Bible
And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am only dust and ashes.

NASB 1995
And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

NASB 1977
And Abraham answered and said, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Abraham answered and said, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Amplified Bible
Abraham answered, “Now behold, I who am but dust [in origin] and ashes have decided to speak to the Lord.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to my lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord—even though I am dust and ashes—

American Standard Version
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have begun to speak before LORD JEHOVAH, and I am dust and ashes.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

Contemporary English Version
Abraham answered, "I am nothing more than the dust of the earth. Please forgive me, LORD, for daring to speak to you like this.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

English Revised Version
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Abraham asked, "Consider now, if I may be so bold as to ask you, although I'm [only] dust and ashes,

Good News Translation
Abraham spoke again: "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything.

International Standard Version
Abraham answered, "Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I've ventured to speak to my LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

Literal Standard Version
And Abraham answers and says, “Now behold, I have willed to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ashes;

Majority Standard Bible
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

New American Bible
Abraham spoke up again: “See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am only dust and ashes!

NET Bible
Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

New Revised Standard Version
Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

New Heart English Bible
Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.

World English Bible
Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

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Context
Abraham Begs for Sodom
26So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.” 27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord— though I am but dust and ashes— 28suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”…

Cross References
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return."

Genesis 18:28
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?" He replied, "If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it."

Job 30:19
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Job 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes."


Treasury of Scripture

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

I have.

Genesis 18:30-32
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there…

Ezra 9:6
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Job 42:6-8
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes…

dust.

Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

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Genesis 18
1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.
9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son.
16. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham.
23. Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants.














Verse 27. - And Abraham answered and said (being emboldened by the success of his first petition), Behold now, I have taken upon me, literally, I have begun, though here perhaps used in a more emphatic sense: I have undertaken or ventured (vide Gesenius, p. 326) - to speak unto the Lord - Adonai (Genesis 15:2) - which am but dust and ashes. "Dust in his origin and ashes in his end" (Delitzsch; vide Genesis 3:19).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

answered,
וַיַּ֥עַן (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

“Now that
הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I have ventured
הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙ (hō·w·’al·tî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)

to speak
לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Lord—
אֲדֹנָ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

though I
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am but dust
עָפָ֥ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

and ashes—
וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (wā·’ê·p̄er)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 665: Ashes


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