Genesis 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 ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
18:5 | And I will fetch a morsel of ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
18:8 | And he took butter, and ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
18:18 | Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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' 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' sake. |
18:33 | And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. |