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# General Information:
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Abraham continues talking to Yahweh.
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# Perhaps there are
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"Suppose there are"
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# Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
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Abraham was hoping that Yahweh would say, "I will not sweep it away." AT: "I think you would not sweep it away. Instead, you would spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# sweep it away
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"destroy it." Abraham speaks of destroying people as if it were sweeping dirt with a broom. AT: "destroy the people who live there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
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Abraham was hoping that God would say "I will spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people there."
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# spare the place
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"let the people live"
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# for the sake of
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"because of"
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# Far be it from you to do such a thing
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Here "Far be it from you" is an idiom that means the person should never do something like that. AT: "I would never want you to do something like that" or "You should not want to do something like that" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# such a thing, killing
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"such a thing as killing" or "such a thing, that is, killing"
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# the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked
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This can be stated in active from. AT: "you should treat the righteous the same way you treat the wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
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Abraham used this rhetorical question to say what he expected God to do. AT: "The Judge of all the earth will certainly do what is just!" or "Since you are the Judge of all the earth, you will surely do what is right!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Judge
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God is often referred to as a judge because he is the one perfect judge who makes the final decisions about what is right or wrong.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sweep]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judgeposition]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]] |