Genesis 18
18:1 And 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, 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 master being old also? 18:13 And 18:14 Is any thing too hard for 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 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 18:20 And 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 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 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have
taken upon me to speak unto 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 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto 18:32 And he said, Oh let not 18:33 And appeared unto him in the plains of
Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
, if now I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
? At the time
appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son.
said, Shall I hide from Abraham that
thing which I do;
, to do justice and
judgment; that
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
said, Because the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
.
said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
, which am but dust and ashes:
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.
: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.
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.
went his way, as soon as he had left
communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.