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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.