And Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} unto him by the oaks{H436} of Mamre,{H4471} as he sat{H3427} in the tent{H168} door{H6607} in the heat{H2527} of the day;{H3117}

and he lifted up{H5375} his eyes{H5869} and looked,{H7200} and, lo, three{H7969} men{H582} stood{H5324} over against him: and when he saw{H7200} them, he ran{H7323} to meet{H7125} them from the tent{H168} door,{H6607} and bowed{H7812} himself to the earth,{H776}

and said,{H559} My lord,{H136} if now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} pass not away,{H5674} I pray thee, from thy servant:{H5650}

let now a little{H4592} water{H4325} be fetched,{H3947} and wash{H7364} your{H4994} feet,{H7272} and rest yourselves{H8172} under the tree:{H6086}

and I will fetch{H3947} a morsel{H6595} of bread,{H3899} and strengthen ye your{H5582} heart;{H3820} after that{H310} ye shall pass on:{H5674} forasmuch as ye are come{H5674} to{H5921} your servant.{H5650} And they said,{H1696} So do,{H6213} as thou hast said.{H559}

And Abraham{H85} hastened{H4116} into the tent{H168} unto Sarah,{H8283} and said,{H559} Make ready quickly{H4116} three{H7969} measures{H5429} of fine{H5560} meal,{H7058} knead{H3888} it, and{H6213} make{H6213} cakes.{H5692}

And Abraham{H85} ran{H7323} unto the herd,{H1241} and fetched{H3947} a calf{H1121} tender{H7390} and good,{H2896} and gave{H5414} it unto the servant;{H5288} and he hasted{H4116} to dress{H6213} it.

And he took{H3947} butter,{H2529} and milk,{H2461} and the calf{H1121} which he had dressed,{H6213} and set{H5414} it before them;{H6440} and he stood{H5975} by them under the tree,{H6086} and they did eat.{H398}

And they said{H559} unto him, Where{H346} is Sarah{H8283} thy wife?{H802} And he said,{H559} Behold, in the tent.{H168}

And he said,{H559} I will certainly{H7725} return{H7725} unto thee when the season{H6256} cometh round;{H2416} and, lo, Sarah{H8283} thy wife{H802} shall have a son.{H1121} And Sarah{H8283} heard{H8085} in the tent{H168} door,{H6607} which was behind him.{H310}

Now Abraham{H85} and Sarah{H8283} were old,{H2205} [and] well stricken{H935} in age;{H3117} it had ceased{H2308} to be with Sarah{H8283} after the manner{H734} of women.{H802}

And Sarah{H8283} laughed{H6711} within herself,{H7130} saying,{H559} After{H310} I am waxed old{H1086} shall I have pleasure,{H5730} my lord{H113} being old also?{H2204}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} Wherefore{H4100} did Sarah{H8283} laugh,{H6711} saying,{H559} Shall I of a surety{H552} bear{H3205} a child, who{H589} am old?{H2204}

Is{H6381} anything{H1697} too hard{H6381} for Jehovah?{H3068} At the set{H4150} time I will return{H7725} unto thee, when the season{H6256} cometh round,{H2416} and Sarah{H8283} shall have a son.{H1121}

Then Sarah{H8283} denied,{H3584} saying,{H559} I laughed{H6711} not; for she was afraid.{H3372} And he said,{H559} Nay;{H3808} but thou didst laugh.{H6711}

And the men{H582} rose up{H6965} from thence, and looked{H8259} toward{H6440} Sodom:{H5467} and Abraham{H85} went{H1980} with them to bring them on the way.{H7971}

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} Shall I hide{H3680} from Abraham{H85} that which{H834} I do;{H6213}

seeing that Abraham{H85} shall surely become a great{H1419} and mighty{H6099} nation,{H1471} and all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} shall be blessed{H1288} in him?

For I have known{H3045} him, to the end that{H834} he may command{H6680} his children{H1121} and his household{H1004} after him,{H310} that they may keep{H8104} the way{H1870} of Jehovah,{H3068} to do{H6213} righteousness{H6666} and justice;{H6666} to the end that Jehovah{H3068} may bring{H935} upon Abraham{H85} that which he hath spoken{H1696} of him.

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} Because the cry{H2201} of Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017} is great,{H7227} and because their sin{H2403} is very{H3966} grievous;{H3513}

I will go down{H3381} now, and see{H7200} whether they have done{H6213} altogether{H3617} according to the cry{H6818} of it, which is come{H935} unto me; and if not, I will know.{H3045}

And the men{H582} turned{H6437} from thence, and went{H3212} toward Sodom:{H5467} but Abraham{H85} stood{H5975} yet{H5750} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Abraham{H85} drew near,{H5066} and said,{H559} Wilt thou consume{H5595} the righteous{H6662} with{H5973} the wicked?{H7563}

Peradventure there are{H3426} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city:{H5892} wilt thou consume{H5595} and not spare{H5375} the place{H4725} for{H4616} the fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} that are therein?{H7130}

That be far{H2486} from thee to do{H6213} after this manner,{H1697} to slay{H4191} the righteous{H6662} with the wicked,{H7563} that so the righteous{H6662} should be as the wicked;{H7563} that be far{H2486} from thee: shall not the Judge{H8199} of all the earth{H776} do{H6213} right?{H4941}

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} If I find{H4672} in Sodom{H5467} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city,{H5892} then I will spare{H5375} all the place{H4725} for their sake.

And Abraham{H85} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Behold now, I have taken upon me{H2974} to speak{H1696} unto the Lord,{H136} who{H595} am but dust{H6083} and ashes:{H665}

peradventure there shall lack{H2637} five{H2568} of the fifty{H2572} righteous:{H6662} wilt thou destroy{H7843} all the city{H5892} for lack of five?{H2568} And he said,{H559} I will not destroy{H7843} it, if I find{H4672} there forty{H705} and five.{H2568}

And he spake{H1696} unto him yet again,{H3254} and said,{H559} Peradventure there shall be forty{H705} found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not do{H6213} it for the forty's{H705} sake.

And he said,{H559} Oh{H4994} let not the Lord{H136} be angry,{H2734} and I will speak:{H1696} peradventure there shall thirty{H7970} be found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not do{H6213} it, if I find{H4672} thirty{H7970} there.

And he said,{H559} Behold now, I have taken upon me{H2974} to speak{H1696} unto the Lord:{H136} peradventure there shall be twenty{H6242} found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not destroy{H7843} it for the twenty's{H6242} sake.

And he said,{H559} Oh let not the Lord{H136} be angry,{H2734} and I will speak{H1696} yet{H389} but this once:{H6471} peradventure ten{H6235} shall be found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not destroy{H7843} it for the ten's{H6235} sake.

And Jehovah{H3068} went his way,{H3212} as soon as{H834} he had left{H3615} off communing{H1696} with Abraham:{H85} and Abraham{H85} returned{H7725} unto his place.{H4725}