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Chapter 18
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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; |
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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, |
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And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: |
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Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash
your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: |
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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. |
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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. |
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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender
and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to
dress it. |
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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. |
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And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent. |
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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. |
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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age;
and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. |
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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After
I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old
also? |
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And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? |
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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. |
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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was
afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. |
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And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom:
and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. |
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And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing
which I do; |
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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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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. |
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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah
is great, and because their sin is very grievous; |
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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. |
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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went
toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy
the righteous with the wicked? |
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:
wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that are therein? |
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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? |
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And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
within the city, then I will spare all the place for their
sakes. |
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing
with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. |
