[1] And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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[2] And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, see, 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,
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[3] And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant:
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[4] Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort you your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said.
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[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes on the hearth.
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[7] And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to dress it.
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[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. ¶
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[9] And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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[10] And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, see, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
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[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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[12] Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
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[13] And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
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[14] Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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[15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. ¶
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[16] And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
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[17] And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
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[18] Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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[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 on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
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[20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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[21] I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
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[22] And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. ¶
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[23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
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[25] That be far from you 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 you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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[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.
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[27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
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[28] Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
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[29] And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
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[30] And he said to 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.
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[31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
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[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.
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[33] And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
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