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 favor 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
fetched 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.
Rom 9:7
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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. |