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Chapter 18
- 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 fetcht 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.
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