And the LORD
appeared
unto him in the plains
of Mamre:
and he sat
in the tent
door
in the heat
of the day;
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 toward the ground,
And said,
My Lord,
if now I have found
favour
in thy sight,
pass not away,
I pray thee, from thy servant:
Let a little
water,
I pray you,
be fetched,
and wash
your feet,
and rest yourselves
under the tree:
And I will fetch
a morsel
of bread,
and comfort ye
your hearts;
after that
ye shall pass on:
for therefore are ye come
to
your servant.
And they said,
So do,
as thou hast said.
say
And Abraham
hastened
into the tent
unto Sarah,
and said,
Make ready quickly
three
measures
of fine
meal,
knead
it, and make
cakes
upon the hearth.
And Abraham
ran
unto the herd,
and fetcht
a calf
tender
and good,
and gave
it unto a young man;
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.
butter
βούτυρον
boutyron
little calf
μοσχάριον
moscharion
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 according to the time
of life;
and, lo, Sarah
thy wife
shall have a son.
And Sarah
heard
it in the tent
door,
which was behind him.
say
return
ἐπαναστρέφων
epanastrephōn
Now Abraham
and Sarah
were old
and well stricken
in age;
and it ceased
to be with Sarah
after the manner
of women.
Therefore Sarah
laughed
within herself,
saying,
After
I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure,
my lord
being old also?
And the LORD
said
unto Abraham,
Wherefore
did Sarah
laugh,
saying,
Shall I of a surety
bear
a child, which
am old?
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.
Then Sarah
denied,
saying,
I laughed
not; for she was afraid.
And he said,
Nay;
but thou didst laugh.
And the men
rose up
from thence, and looked
toward
Sodom:
and Abraham
went
with them to bring them on the way.
look down at
κατέβλεψαν
kateblepsan
join in escorting
συμπροπέμπων
sympropempōn
And the LORD
said,
Shall I hide
from Abraham
that thing 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 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.
And the LORD
said,
Because the cry
of Sodom
and Gomorrah
is great,
and 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.
And the men
turned their faces
from thence, and went
toward Sodom:
but Abraham
stood
yet
before
the LORD.
And Abraham
drew near,
and said,
Wilt thou also destroy
the righteous
with
the wicked?
Peradventure there be
fifty
righteous
within
the city:
wilt thou also destroy
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:
and that the righteous
should be as the wicked,
that be far
from thee: Shall not the Judge
of all the earth
do
right?
And the LORD
said,
If I find
in Sodom
fifty
righteous
within
the city,
then I will spare
all the place
for their sakes.
And Abraham
answered
and said,
Behold now, I have taken upon me
to speak
unto the Lord,
which
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,
If I find
there forty
and five,
I will not destroy
it.
diminish
ἐλαττονωθῶσιν
elattonōthōsin
say
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.
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.
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.
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 ten's
sake.
And the LORD
went his way,
as soon as
he had left
communing
with Abraham:
and Abraham
returned
unto his place.
