OTNT

Gen 18


18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.

18:2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

18:3 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.

18:4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.

18:5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way–now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

18:6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

18:7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

18:8 He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

18:9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he said.

18:10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

18:11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

18:13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’

18:14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.”

18:15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

18:16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.

18:17 Then the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18:18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

18:21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

18:22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

18:23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

18:24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing–to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

18:26 The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

18:27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

18:28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

18:29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?” He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

18:30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

18:31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

18:32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

18:33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

18:1 And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.

18:2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and there were three men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them. And he bowed down to the earth

18:3 And said, My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass on from Your servant.

18:4 Please let a little water be fetched, and do wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

18:5 And let me fetch a morsel of bread that you may sustain yourselves. 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 hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly prepare three measures 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 the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

18:8 And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

18:9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, There, in the tent.

18:10 And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and then Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind Him.

18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah according to the manner of women.

18:12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

18:13 And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I indeed bear a child when I am old?

18:14 Is anything too marvelous for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

18:15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

18:16 And the men rose up from there and looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham walked with them to send them away.

18:17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

18:18 Since Abraham will indeed become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of Jehovah by doing righteousness and justice, that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.

18:20 And Jehovah said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah, how great it is; and their sin, how very heavy it is!

18:21 I shall go down and see whether they have done altogether according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.

18:22 And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before Jehovah.

18:23 And Abraham came near and said, Will You indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?

18:24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justly?

18:26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.

18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

18:28 Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.

18:29 And he spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it, because of the forty.

18:30 And he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

18:31 And he said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, because of the twenty.

18:32 And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry if I speak yet once more. Suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, because of the ten.

18:33 And Jehovah went away as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.