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chapter 18
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1 And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as
he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.
2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to
him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them
from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.
3 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away from thy servant:
4 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your
feet, and rest ye under the tree.
5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye
your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to
your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
6 Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to
her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon
the hearth.
7 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence
a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste
and boiled it.
8 He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he
had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.
9 And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is
Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.
10 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee
at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when
Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.
11 Now they were both old, and far advanced in years,
and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.
12 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown
old
1 and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to
pleasure?
13 And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh,
saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ?
14 Is there any thing hard to God? according to
appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and
Sara shall have a son.
15 Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was
afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst laugh:
16 And when the men rose up from thence, they turned
their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the
way.
17 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am
about to do:
18 "Seeing he shall become a great and mighty
nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?
19 For I know that he will command his children, and
his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and
justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he
hath spoken unto him.
20 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is
multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
21 I will go down and see whether they have done
according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may
know.
22 And they turned themselves from thence, and went
their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
23 And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just
with the wicked?
24 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they
perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty
just, if they be therein?
25 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay
the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked,
this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this
judgment.
26 And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty
just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
27 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once
begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
28 What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons?
wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not
destroy it, if I find five and forty.
29 And again he said to him: But if forty be found
there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.
30 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I
speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I
And thirty there.
31 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to
my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the
sake of twenty.
32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I
speak yet once more: What if tell should be found there ? And he said: I will
not destroy it for the sake of ten.
33 And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to
Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
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