18:1 And
the
LORD
appeared
to
him
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
as
he
sat
at
the
door
of
his
tent
in
the
heat
of
the
day.
18:2 He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold,
three
men
were
standing
in
front
of
him.
When
he
saw
them,
he
ran
from
the
tent
door
to
meet
them
and
bowed
himself
to
the
earth
18:3 and
said,
"O
Lord,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
do
not
pass
by
your
servant.
18:4 Let
a
little
water
be
brought,
and
wash
your
feet,
and
rest
yourselves
under
the
tree,
18:5 while
I
bring
a
morsel
of
bread,
that
you
may
refresh
yourselves,
and
after
that
you
may
pass
on--since
you
have
come
to
your
servant."
So
they
said,
"Do
as
you
have
said."
18:6 And
Abraham
went
quickly
into
the
tent
to
Sarah
and
said,
"Quick!
Three
seahs
of
fine
flour!
Knead
it,
and
make
cakes."
18:7 And
Abraham
ran
to
the
herd
and
took
a
calf,
tender
and
good,
and
gave
it
to
a
young
man,
who
prepared
it
quickly.
18:8 Then
he
took
curds
and
milk
and
the
calf
that
he
had
prepared,
and
set
it
before
them.
And
he
stood
by
them
under
the
tree
while
they
ate.
18:9 They
said
to
him,
"Where
is
Sarah
your
wife"
And
he
said,
"She
is
in
the
tent."
18:10 The
LORD
said,
"I
will
surely
return
to
you
about
this
time
next
year,
and
Sarah
your
wife
shall
have
a
son."
And
Sarah
was
listening
at
the
tent
door
behind
him.
18:11 Now
Abraham
and
Sarah
were
old,
advanced
in
years.
The
way
of
women
had
ceased
to
be
with
Sarah.
18:12 So
Sarah
laughed
to
herself,
saying,
"After
I
am
worn
out,
and
my
lord
is
old,
shall
I
have
pleasure"
18:13 The
LORD
said
to
Abraham,
"Why
did
Sarah
laugh
and
say,
'Shall
I
indeed
bear
a
child,
now
that
I
am
old'
18:14 Is
anything
too
hard
for
the
LORD
At
the
appointed
time
I
will
return
to
you,
about
this
time
next
year,
and
Sarah
shall
have
a
son."
18:15 But
Sarah
denied
it,
saying,
"I
did
not
laugh,"
for
she
was
afraid.
He
said,
"No,
but
you
did
laugh."
18:16 Then
the
men
set
out
from
there,
and
they
looked
down
toward
Sodom.
And
Abraham
went
with
them
to
set
them
on
their
way.
18:17 The
LORD
said,
"Shall
I
hide
from
Abraham
what
I
am
about
to
do,
18:18 seeing
that
Abraham
shall
surely
become
a
great
and
mighty
nation,
and
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
shall
be
blessed
in
him
18:19 For
I
have
chosen
him,
that
he
may
command
his
children
and
his
household
after
him
to
keep
the
way
of
the
LORD
by
doing
righteousness
and
justice,
so
that
the
LORD
may
bring
to
Abraham
what
he
has
promised
him."
18:20 Then
the
LORD
said,
"Because
the
outcry
against
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
is
great
and
their
sin
is
very
grave,
18:21 I
will
go
down
to
see
whether
they
have
done
altogether
according
to
the
outcry
that
has
come
to
me.
And
if
not,
I
will
know."
18:22 So
the
men
turned
from
there
and
went
toward
Sodom,
but
Abraham
still
stood
before
the
LORD.
18:23 Then
Abraham
drew
near
and
said,
"Will
you
indeed
sweep
away
the
righteous
with
the
wicked
18:24 Suppose
there
are
fifty
righteous
within
the
city.
Will
you
then
sweep
away
the
place
and
not
spare
it
for
the
fifty
righteous
who
are
in
it
18:25 Far
be
it
from
you
to
do
such
a
thing,
to
put
the
righteous
to
death
with
the
wicked,
so
that
the
righteous
fare
as
the
wicked!
Far
be
that
from
you!
Shall
not
the
Judge
of
all
the
earth
do
what
is
just"
18:26 And
the
LORD
said,
"If
I
find
at
Sodom
fifty
righteous
in
the
city,
I
will
spare
the
whole
place
for
their
sake."
18:27 Abraham
answered
and
said,
"Behold,
I
have
undertaken
to
speak
to
the
Lord,
I
who
am
but
dust
and
ashes.
18:28 Suppose
five
of
the
fifty
righteous
are
lacking.
Will
you
destroy
the
whole
city
for
lack
of
five"
And
he
said,
"I
will
not
destroy
it
if
I
find
forty-five
there."
18:29 Again
he
spoke
to
him
and
said,
"Suppose
forty
are
found
there."
He
answered,
"For
the
sake
of
forty
I
will
not
do
it."
18:30 Then
he
said,
"Oh
let
not
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak.
Suppose
thirty
are
found
there."
He
answered,
"I
will
not
do
it,
if
I
find
thirty
there."
18:31 He
said,
"Behold,
I
have
undertaken
to
speak
to
the
Lord.
Suppose
twenty
are
found
there."
He
answered,
"For
the
sake
of
twenty
I
will
not
destroy
it."
18:32 Then
he
said,
"Oh
let
not
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak
again
but
this
once.
Suppose
ten
are
found
there."
He
answered,
"For
the
sake
of
ten
I
will
not
destroy
it."
18:33 And
the
LORD
went
his
way,
when
he
had
finished
speaking
to
Abraham,
and
Abraham
returned
to
his
place.