Genesis
Genesis 18
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Genesis 18 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 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, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under : And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass : for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. And hastened into the tent unto , and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. And ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under , and they did eat. And they said unto him, Where is thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, thy wife shall have a son. And heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now and were old and stricken in age; and it ceased to be with after the manner of women. Therefore laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the LORD said unto , Wherefore did laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and shall have a son. Then denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward : and went with them to bring them the way. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from that thing which I do; Seeing that shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 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 that which he hath spoken of him. And the LORD said, Because the cry of and is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 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. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward : but stood yet before the LORD. And drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 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 of all the earth do right? And the LORD said, If I find in fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with : and returned unto his place.