Genesis 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;
- 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,
- 3
- And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
- 4
- Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash
your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 9
- 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?
- 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.
|
|
