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Genesis 18:27

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

And Abraham {H85} answered {H6030} and said {H559}, Behold now, I have taken upon me {H2974} to speak {H1696} unto the Lord {H136}, which {H595} am but dust {H6083} and ashes {H665}:

Avraham answered, "Here now, I, who am but dust and ashes, have taken it upon myself to speak to Adonai.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 6:5 (5 votes)

    ¶ Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

  • Genesis 3:19 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 5:8 (4 votes)

    When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:47 (3 votes)

    The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:48 (3 votes)

    As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly.

  • Genesis 2:7 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 64:8 (3 votes)

    But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.