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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said here please I_have_undertaken to_speak to my_master perhaps found there twenty and_he/it_said not I_will_destroy_[it] in_account_of the_twenty.
OET (OET-RV) “Listen, I’ve taken it upon myself to speak to my master,” Abraham asked again, “suppose twenty are found there?”
¶ “I won’t do it for the sake of the twenty,” he agreed.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Make sure it is clear in your translation that Abraham is speaking here, not Yahweh. Alternate translation: “Then Abraham said to him” or “Then Abraham asked Yahweh,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
הִנֵּֽה נָ֤א הוֹאַ֨לְתִּי֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל אֲדֹנָ֔י
see/lo/see! now bold to,speak to/towards my=master
See how you translated this clause in verse 27. Alternate translation: “Listen, please, since I have been bold to speak to you, my Lord” or “My Lord please excuse me for speaking to you so boldly.”
אוּלַ֛י
suppose
Alternate translation: “Suppose that”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
יִמָּצְא֥וּן & עֶשְׂרִ֑ים
found, & twenty
Alternate translation: “only 20 righteous people are found by you” or “you find only 20 righteous people” or “there are only 20 righteous people”
שָׁ֖ם
there
Alternate translation: “living there?”
Note 4 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “He replied,” or “Then he answered him”
בַּעֲב֖וּר
in=account_of
Alternate translation: “because of”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים
the,twenty
Alternate translation: “the 20 righteous people.” or “those 20 people.”
18:16-33 God took Abraham into his confidence as his prophet (18:16-21; see 20:7); Abraham, in turn, interceded for Sodom (18:23-32; see Heb 7:23-26). God is able to do whatever he chooses to do; this passage affirms that it will be just and right.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said here please I_have_undertaken to_speak to my_master perhaps found there twenty and_he/it_said not I_will_destroy_[it] in_account_of the_twenty.
OET (OET-RV) “Listen, I’ve taken it upon myself to speak to my master,” Abraham asked again, “suppose twenty are found there?”
¶ “I won’t do it for the sake of the twenty,” he agreed.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.