The Book of Genesis

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Chapter 18

1: And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent doorin 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 towardthe 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 shallpass 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 threemeasures 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. AndSarah 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

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 destroyall 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 foundthere. 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.
Genesis 19

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