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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 18
1And the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.
2Looking up, he saw three men standing across from him. As soon as he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, bowing himself low to the ground,
3And said, My Lord, if I have found favour in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.
4Let a little water be brought so that you can all wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5Let me bring bread so you may refresh yourselves, since you have passed by your servant's house. After that, you may be on your way. They answered, Do as you have said.
6So Abraham ran into the tent to Sarah, and said, Hurry, make three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
7Then Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and fine calf, and gave it to his servant who quickly prepared it.
8And he took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. Then he waited by them under the tree as they ate.
9They said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? He replied, There, in the tent.
10The LORD said, I will certainly return to you this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son. And Sarah heard it from the tent entrance, which was behind Him.
11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age; and Sarah was passed childbearing.
12So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, Shall I who am old, and my lord, being old also, will I now have this pleasure?
13Then the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I truly bear a child, since I am old?
14Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.
15But Sarah denied it, saying, I didn't laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.
16And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
17And the LORD said, Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do;
18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19For I have chosen him, so that he can command his children and his household after him, to keep the way of the LORD, to do what is right and just; then the LORD will bring to Abraham that which He promised him.
20Then the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin so blatant;
21I will go down now to see whether they have done all according to the outcry against it, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.
22And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
23Then Abraham drew near and said, Will You sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city? Will You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that are there?
25Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
26And the LORD replied, If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
27Abraham answered and said, Now that I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes;
28Suppose there are five less than the fifty righteous? Will You destroy the whole city because five are lacking? And He said, If I find forty five there, I will not destroy it.
29And he spoke to Him again, and said, Suppose there are forty found there? And He said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
30Then he said to Him, Let not the Lord be angry, but let me speak further; Suppose thirty are found there? He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
31Abraham said, Since I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; Suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32Then he said, Let not the Lord be angry if I speak but this last time; Suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
33So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
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