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Abraham Serves Three Visitors Under the Oak
by emmanuel_higgins
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Genesis 18:9
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And the
L
ORD
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.
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.
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.
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?
13
And the
L
ORD
said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14
Is any thing too hard for the
L
ORD
? 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
L
ORD
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
L
ORD
, to do justice and judgment; that the
L
ORD
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20
And the
L
ORD
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
L
ORD
.
23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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
L
ORD
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 twenty’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
L
ORD
went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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