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And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre :
and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ;
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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 ,
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And said ,
My Lord ,
if now I have found favour in thy sight ,
pass not away ,
I pray thee ,
from thy servant :
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Let a little water ,
I pray you ,
be fetched ,
and wash your feet ,
and rest yourselves under the tree :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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And they said unto him ,
Where is Sarah thy wife ?
And he said ,
Behold ,
in the tent .
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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 .
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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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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself ,
saying ,
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure ,
my lord being old also ?
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And the LORD said unto Abraham ,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh ,
saying ,
Shall I of a surety bear a child ,
which am old ?
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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 .
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Then Sarah denied ,
saying ,
I laughed not ;
for she was afraid .
And he said ,
Nay ;
but thou didst laugh .
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And the men rose up from thence ,
and looked toward Sodom :
and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way .
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And the LORD said ,
Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ;
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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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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 .
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And the LORD said ,
Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great ,
and because their sin is very grievous ;
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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 .
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And the men turned their faces from thence ,
and went toward Sodom :
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD .
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And Abraham drew near ,
and said ,
Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ?
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city :
wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ?
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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 ?
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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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And Abraham answered and said ,
Behold now ,
I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ,
which am but dust and ashes :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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And the LORD went his way ,
as soon as he had left communing with Abraham :
and Abraham returned unto his place .