The First Book of Moses, called Genesis 18

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¹ And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ⚑

² 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 ⚑

³ And said My Lord if now I have found favour in thy sight pass not away I pray thee from thy servant ⚑

⁴ Let a little water I pray you be fetched and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree ⚑

⁵ 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 ⚑

⁷ 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 ⚑

⁸ 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 ⚑

⁹ And they said unto him Where is Sarah thy wife And he said Behold in the tent ⚑

¹⁰ 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 ⚑

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women ⚑

¹² Therefore Sarah laughed within herself saying After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also ⚑

¹⁴ 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 ⚑

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay but thou didst laugh ⚑

¹⁶ And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way ⚑

¹⁷ And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ⚑

¹⁸ Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ⚑

¹⁹ 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 ⚑

²⁰ And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous ⚑

²¹ 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 ⚑

²² And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD ⚑

²⁴ Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ⚑

²⁵ 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 ⚑

²⁶ And the LORD said If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes ⚑

²⁷ And Abraham answered and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes ⚑

²⁸ 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 ⚑

²⁹ 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 ⚑

³⁰ 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 ⚑

³¹ 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 wenty’s sake ⚑

³² 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 ⚑

³³ And the LORD went his way as soon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returned unto his place ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain