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$Title{Old Testament, The
Chapter 18}
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$Author{Various}
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$Subject{abraham
unto
jehovah
sarah
lord
righteous
footnote
now
peradventure
found}
$Date{1885}
$Log{}
Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Genesis
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 18
And Jehovah appeared unto him by the ^3 oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the
tent door in the heat of the day; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet
them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, and said, ^4 My lord,
if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant: let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree: and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen
ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: ^5 forasmuch as ye are come to
your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. And Abraham hastened
into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine
meal, knead it, and make cakes. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a
calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.
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.
[Footnote 3: Or, terebinths]
[Footnote 4: Or, O Lord]
[Footnote 5: Or, for therefore]
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold in
the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season ^1
cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in
the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well
stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
pleasure, my lord being old also? And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore
did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? Is
anything too ^2 hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee,
when the season ^1 cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. Then Sarah
denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou
didst laugh.
[Footnote 1: Heb. liveth, or, reviveth.]
[Footnote 2: Or, wonderful]
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way. And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and
mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For
I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his
household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do
righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that
which he hath spoken of him. And Jehovah said, ^3 Because the cry of Sodom
and Gomorrah is great, and ^3 because their sin is very grievous; 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.
[Footnote 3: Or, Verily]
And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood
yet before Jehovah. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the
righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the
city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that
are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the
righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that
be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And Jehovah
said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare
all the place for their sake. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy
all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find
there forty and five. 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 the
forty's sake. And he said, 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. 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 the twenty's sake. 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 the ten's sake. And
Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.