UKJV - Genesis - 18

18:1  And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

18:2  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,

18:3  And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant:

18:4  Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

18:5  And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort all of you your hearts; after that all of you shall pass on: for therefore are all of you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said.

18:6  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.

18:7  And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

18:8  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.

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

18:10  And he said, I will certainly return unto you according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

18:11  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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

18:13  And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, which am old?

18:14  Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

18:15  Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but you did laugh.

18:16  And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

18:17  And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

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

18:19  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 has spoken of him.

18:20  And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

18:21  I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know.

18:22  And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

18:23  And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

18:24  Possibly there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

18:25  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?

18:26  And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

18:27  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

18:28  Possibly 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.

18:29  And he spoke unto him yet again, and said, Possibly there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

18:30  And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Possibly there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

18:31  And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Possibly there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

18:32  And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Possibly ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

18:33  And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.