Genesis 18:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery,
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The Lorde God also dyd shape man, euen dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule.
  • 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the seconde man is the Lorde from heauen. 48 As is the earthy, suche are they that are earthy: And as is the heauenly, such are they also that are heauenly.
  • 2 Cor 5:1-2 : 1 For we knowe, that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed, we haue a building of God, an habitation not made with handes, but eternall in heauen. 2 For therfore sygh we, desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen:
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But nowe, O Lorde, thou father of ours, we are thy clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thy handes.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter sawe this, he fell downe at Iesus knees, saying: Lorde, go from me, for I am a sinfull man.
  • Gen 18:30-32 : 30 He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there. 31 He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake. 32 And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth?
  • Job 30:19 : 19 He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like asshes and dust.
  • Job 42:6-8 : 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes. 7 Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it came to passe that the Lorde saide to Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with thee, and thy two friendes: for ye haue not spoken of me the thyng that is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. 8 Therefore take you now seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruaunt Iob shall pray for you: him wyll I accept, and not deale with you after your foolishnesse, in that ye haue not spoken of me the thing which is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man that thou art myndfull of him? and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym?
  • Ps 144:3 : 3 O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym?
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.

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    28If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous, wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he saide: If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them.

    29And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake.

    30He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there.

    31He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake.

    32And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.

    33And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham, and Abraham also turned vnto his place.

  • Gen 18:20-26
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    20And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous:

    21I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.

    22And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde.

    23And Abraham drewe neare, and said: Wylt thou also destroye the righteous with the wicked?

    24If there be fiftie ryghteous within the citie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of fiftie ryghteous that are therein?

    25That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

    26And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.

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    6Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

  • Gen 18:16-17
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    16And the men rysyng vp from thence, loked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them to bryng them on the way.

    17And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do.

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    3And Abram fell on his face, & God talked with hym, saying:

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    27Abraham rysyng vp early, gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God, and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe, and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey,

    28And behelde, and lo the smoke of the countrey arose, as the smoke of a furnesse.

  • Gen 18:2-3
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    2And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,

    3And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.

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    22And Abram aunswered the kyng of Sodome: I haue lyft vp my hande vnto the Lord the hye God, possessour of heauen and earth,

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    14Ephron aunswered Abraham, saying vnto hym:

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    21And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.

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    5And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham, saying vnto hym:

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    34And he sayde: I am Abrahams seruaunt,

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    11And the angell of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he sayd, here am I:

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    18And Lot sayde vnto them: Oh not so my Lordes.

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    2And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco?

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    12And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande.

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    3Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

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    18And Abraham sayde vnto God: O that Ismael myght lyue in thy syght.

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