| 18:1 |
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; |
| 18:2 |
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three
men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet
them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the
ground, |
| 18:3 |
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: |
| 18:4 |
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash
your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: |
| 18:5 |
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye
your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore
are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said. |
| 18:6 |
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and
said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal,
knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. |
| 18:7 |
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf
tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he
hasted to dress it. |
| 18:8 |
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he
had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them
under the tree, and they did eat. |
| 18:9 |
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent. |
| 18:10 |
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee
according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife
shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door,
which was behind him. |
| 18:11 |
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in
age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of
women. |
| 18:12 |
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After
I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old
also? |
| 18:13 |
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am
old? |
| 18:14 |
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time
appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time
of life, and Sarah shall have a son. |
| 18:15 |
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was
afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. |
| 18:16 |
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the
way. |
| 18:17 |
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that
thing which I do; |
| 18:18 |
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and
mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed in him? |
| 18:19 |
For I know him, that he will command his children and
his household after him, and they shall keep the way of
the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. |
| 18:20 |
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
grievous; |
| 18:21 |
I will go down now, and see whether they have done
altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto
me; and if not, I will know. |
| 18:22 |
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went
toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
| 18:23 |
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the righteous with the wicked? |
| 18:24 |
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:
wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that are therein? |
| 18:25 |
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to
slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee:
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? |
| 18:26 |
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
within the city, then I will spare all the place for
their sakes. |
| 18:27 |
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have
taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust
and ashes: |
| 18:28 |
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty
righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of
five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will
not destroy it. |
| 18:29 |
And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he
said, I will not do it for forty's sake. |
| 18:30 |
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be
found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find
thirty there. |
| 18:31 |
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for
twenty's sake. |
| 18:32 |
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. |
| 18:33 |
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left
communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his
place. |