Genesis 18
GEN 18:1 And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is
sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
GEN 18:2 and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by
him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and
boweth himself towards the earth,
GEN 18:3 And he saith, `My Lord, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine
eyes, do not, I pray thee, pass on from thy servant;
GEN 18:4 let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and
recline under the tree;
GEN 18:5 and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards
pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, `So
mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'
GEN 18:6 And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten
three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'
GEN 18:7 and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and
good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;
GEN 18:8 and he taketh butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he hath
prepared, and setteth before them; and he is standing by them under the tree,
and they do eat.
GEN 18:9 And they say unto him, `Where `is' Sarah thy wife?' and he saith, `Lo
-- in the tent;'
GEN 18:10 and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life,
and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'
GEN 18:11 And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind
him;
GEN 18:12 and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of
women hath ceased to be to Sarah;
GEN 18:13 and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I
have had pleasure! -- my lord also `is' old!'
GEN 18:14 And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why `is' this? Sarah hath laughed,
saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful
for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life,
and Sarah hath a son.'
GEN 18:15 And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;' for she hath been
afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.'
GEN 18:16 And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and
Abraham is going with them to send them away;
GEN 18:17 and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,
GEN 18:18 and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed
in him have been all nations of the earth?
GEN 18:19 for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house
after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and
judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning
him.'
GEN 18:20 And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great;
and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:
GEN 18:21 I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming
unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'
GEN 18:22 and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet
standing before Jehovah.
GEN 18:23 And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous
with wicked?
GEN 18:24 peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost
Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the
righteous who `are' in its midst?
GEN 18:25 Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the
righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked
-- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'
GEN 18:26 And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of
the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
GEN 18:27 And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to
speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
GEN 18:28 peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost
Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy `it' not,
if I find there forty and five.'
GEN 18:29 And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there
are found there forty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, because of the forty.'
GEN 18:30 And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord,
and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do
`it' not, if I find there thirty.'
GEN 18:31 And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord:
peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, `I do not destroy
`it', because of the twenty.'
GEN 18:32 And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord,
and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He
saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the ten.'
GEN 18:33 And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and
Abraham hath turned back to his place.
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