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And the
Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the
day;
02 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,
03 And said, My Lord, if now I have found
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee,
from thy servant:
04 Let a little water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree:
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah
thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well
stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah
after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a
surety bear a child, which am old?
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.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed
not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but
thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and
looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them
to bring them on the way.
17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become
a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of
the earth shall be blessed in him?
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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.
20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their
sin is very grievous;
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.
22 And the men turned their faces from
thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood
yet before the Lord.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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?
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?
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.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which am but dust and ashes:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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