<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000001">Genesis</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000444">Chapter 18</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1000416">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1000478">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>The Patriarchs</em></p><p><em>Abraham</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000445">1</a>. AND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000446">2</a>. 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,</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000447">3</a>. And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000448">4</a>. Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000449">5</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000450">6</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000451">7</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000452">8</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000453">9</a>. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife?  And he said, Behold, in the tent.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000454">10</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000455">11</a>. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000456">12</a>. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000457">13</a>. And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000458">14</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000459">15</a>. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.  And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000460">16</a>. And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000461">17</a>. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000462">18</a>. Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000463">19</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000464">20</a>. And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000465">21</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000466">22</a>. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000467">23</a>. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000468">24</a>. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000469">25</a>. 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?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000470">26</a>. And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000471">27</a>. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000472">28</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000473">29</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000474">30</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000475">31</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000476">32</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1000477">33</a>. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.</li>
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