1 The|strong="H7200" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* also|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abraham by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" oaks of|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" tent in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117";
2 and|strong="H5869", as|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5921" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375", three|strong="H7969" men stood|strong="H5324" there|strong="H2009" before|strong="H5869" him|strong="H5921". As|strong="H5869" soon as|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H7323" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5375" tent to|strong="H5921" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5869" bowed|strong="H7812" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground
3 and|strong="H5869" said, ‘Sirs, if you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" willing to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5869" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3068" favour|strong="H2580", do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5674", I|strong="H5921" beg|strong="H4994" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921", pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650".
4 Since you|strong="H3947" have|strong="H4592" come|strong="H4994" to|strong="H4325" your|strong="H3947" servant, let|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3068" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" be|strong="H4994" brought|strong="H3947", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H4325" you|strong="H3947" may|strong="H4994" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H6086" lie down under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086".
5 And|strong="H3899" let|strong="H3651" me|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H3947" some food|strong="H3899", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H6213" refresh|strong="H5582" yourselves|strong="H5921"; afterward you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H6213" go|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5674".’ They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", ‘Do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696".’
6 So|strong="H6213" Abraham hastened|strong="H4116" to|strong="H6213" Sarah|strong="H8283"’s tent and|strong="H6213" said, ‘Make|strong="H6213" ready|strong="H6213" quickly|strong="H4116" four|strong="H7969" measures|strong="H5429" of|strong="H5429" fine|strong="H5560" meal|strong="H7058", knead|strong="H3888" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" cakes|strong="H5692".’
7 Abraham|strong="H3947" also|strong="H6213" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" herd|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" calf|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5288" tender|strong="H7390" and|strong="H1121" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5288", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" prepared|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" quickly|strong="H4116".
8 Then|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" curd and|strong="H1121" milk|strong="H2461", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" calf|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H5414" prepared|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" waited|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" tree|strong="H6086", while|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" ate.
9 Then|strong="H2009" they said to him, ‘Where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" your|strong="H8283" wife?’ He|strong="H8283" said, ‘There|strong="H2009", within the|strong="H2009" tent.’
10 One|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7725" said|strong="H8085", ‘I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1121" surely|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" about|strong="H8085" nine months from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H2009", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H2009", Sarah|strong="H8283" your|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H2416" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".’ But|strong="H2009" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1931" listening|strong="H8085" behind the|strong="H8085" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" tent.
11 Now|strong="H1961" Sarah|strong="H8283" and|strong="H3117" Abraham were|strong="H1961" advanced in|strong="H3117" years|strong="H3117";
12 so|strong="H1961" she laughed|strong="H6711" to|strong="H1961" herself|strong="H7130", saying, ‘After|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1961" and|strong="H2204" my|strong="H1961" husband are|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2204" will|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" pleasure|strong="H5730"?’
13 But|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3205" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* said to|strong="H3068" Abraham, ‘Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Sarah|strong="H8283" laugh|strong="H6711", saying, “Will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088", indeed|strong="H3068", even|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H2204" old|strong="H2204" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" child|strong="H3205"?”
14 Is|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H1697" too|strong="H1697" wonderful|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*? At|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" time|strong="H6256" about|strong="H1697" nine months from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H6256", I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".’
15 Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H3808" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3372" denied|strong="H3584" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" laughed|strong="H6711", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said ‘Yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" laughed|strong="H6711".’
16 Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1980" started|strong="H6965" from|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1980" looked|strong="H8259" off|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" direction|strong="H8033" of|strong="H6440" Sodom|strong="H5467"; and|strong="H1980" Abraham went|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" start them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1980".
17 the|strong="H6213" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* said, ‘Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" conceal|strong="H3680" from|strong="H3068" Abraham that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213",
18 since Abraham will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" mighty|strong="H6099" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth will|strong="H1961" want a|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" like|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605" themselves?
19 For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3045" his|strong="H8104" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" household|strong="H1004" after|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" righteousness|strong="H6666" and|strong="H1121" justice|strong="H4941", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* may|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" Abraham that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".’
20 The|strong="H3588" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* said, ‘The|strong="H3588" complaint has|strong="H3068" come that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people of|strong="H3068" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" have|strong="H3068" committed great|strong="H7227" and|strong="H3068" terrible sins|strong="H2403".
21 I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" exactly as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" complaint comes|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H4994"; and|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045".’
22 As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" men turned|strong="H6437" from|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H6440" Sodom|strong="H5467", Abraham remained|strong="H5975" standing|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*
23 Abraham drew|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" the|strong="H5973" \+w Lord|strong="H6662"\+w* and|strong="H5066" said, ‘Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H5973" sweep|strong="H5595" away|strong="H5595" the|strong="H5973" righteous|strong="H6662" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563"?
24 Suppose there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H3426" within|strong="H7130" the|strong="H5375" city|strong="H5892" fifty|strong="H2572" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H3426" righteous|strong="H6662". Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3808" sweep|strong="H5595" it|strong="H8432" away|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H4616" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5375" fifty|strong="H2572" righteous|strong="H6662" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H3426" in|strong="H8432" it|strong="H8432"?
25 Far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H1961" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088": to|strong="H4191" slay|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563"! And|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" treated|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563", far|strong="H2486" be|strong="H1961" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605"! Should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Judge|strong="H8199" of|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" just|strong="H6662"?’
26 The|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* said, ‘If I|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Sodom|strong="H5467" fifty|strong="H2572" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662", I|strong="H4672" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5668".’
27 Abraham answered|strong="H6030", ‘I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1696" dared to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" Lord, even though I|strong="H2009" am but|strong="H6030" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6030" ashes|strong="H6083".
28 Suppose there|strong="H8033" be|strong="H3808" five|strong="H2568" lacking|strong="H2637" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" fifty|strong="H2572" righteous|strong="H6662". Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3605" sweep away|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5892" lack|strong="H2637" of|strong="H5892" five|strong="H2568"?’ The|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H6662"\+w* said, ‘I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" sweep it|strong="H8033" away|strong="H3605", if I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" forty-five there|strong="H8033".’
29 Then|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H3254" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H8033" said|strong="H1696", ‘Suppose forty are|strong="H6213" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033"?’ He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", ‘For|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H6213" forty I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213".’
30 Then|strong="H1696" Abraham said|strong="H1696", ‘Oh|strong="H4994", let|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6213" Lord be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734", but|strong="H3808" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696". Suppose thirty|strong="H7970" are|strong="H6213" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033"?’ He|strong="H8033" answered|strong="H1696", ‘I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213", if I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" thirty|strong="H7970" there|strong="H8033".’
31 Then|strong="H1696" Abraham said|strong="H1696", ‘You|strong="H3808" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H4672" dared to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7843" Lord. Suppose twenty|strong="H6242" are|strong="H8033" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033"?’ He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", ‘For|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" twenty|strong="H6242" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H8033".’
32 Then|strong="H1696" Abraham said|strong="H1696", ‘Oh|strong="H4994", let|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7843" Lord be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734", but|strong="H3808" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" just|strong="H1696" once|strong="H6471" more|strong="H6471". Suppose ten|strong="H6235" are|strong="H8033" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033"?’ And|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H1696", ‘For|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7843" ten|strong="H6235" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H8033".’
33 Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* went|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3068" way|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3068" Abraham returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725".