Genesis 18:29

Abraham ¹  spoke to him again, ²  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty."

Then Abraham pressed his request further. "Suppose there are only forty?" And the LORD replied, "I will not destroy it if there are forty."

Abraham spoke up again, "What if you only find forty?" "Neither will I destroy it if for forty."

And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.

Again he spoke to him, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."

And he spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose there should be forty found there?" So He said, "I will not do it for the sake of forty."

Abraham ¹  spoke to him again, ²  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys – the preterite (“he added”) is combined with an adverb “yet” and an infinitive “to speak.”