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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Genesis 18:32

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this (o) once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.

(o) If God did not refuse the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church?

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