¹ And Jehovah appeared to^▵ him in the oak·​·groves of Mamre, and he^◦ was sitting at^* the entrance of the tent, as the day was becoming·​·warm.

² And he lifted·​·up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men^◦ standing^◦ over him; and he saw, and ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent, and bowed· himself ·down toward the earth.

³ And he said, My Lord, if, I pray^◦, I have·​·found grace in Thine eyes, pass not, I pray^◦, from over Thy servant.

⁴ Let, I pray^◦, a·​·little water be taken, and bathe ye your feet, and recline under the tree.

⁵ And I will take a morsel of bread, and sustain^◦ ye your heart; afterwards you may pass·​·on; for therefore have you passed·​·through to your servant. And they said, So do as^◦ thou hast spoken.

⁶ And Abraham hastened toward the tent to^▵ Sarah, and said, Hasten, knead three seahs of meal, of flour, and make cakes^◦.

⁷ And Abraham ran to^▵ the herd and took a son of the herd, tender and good, and gave it to^▵ the lad, and he hastened to make it.

⁸ And he took butter and milk, and the son of the herd that he had made, and put^◦ before them; and he^◦ stood by^◦ them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ And they said to^▵ him, Where^◦ is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

¹⁰ And He said, Returning I will return to^▵ thee about^◦ this time of life, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have^◦ a son. And Sarah heard at^* the entrance of the tent, and it^◦ was behind him^*.

¹¹ And Abraham and Sarah were old, coming into days; the way as of women had stopped being for Sarah.

¹² And Sarah laughed within^▫ herself, saying, After I am worn·​·down shall I have^◦ pleasure, and my lord being·​·old?

¹³ And Jehovah said to^▵ Abraham, What is this, that Sarah laughed, saying, Yea, shall I truly give·​·birth, and I^◦ am·​·old?

¹⁴ Shall^◦ any thing be· too ·wonderful for Jehovah? At^◦ the appointed·​·time I will return to^▵ thee, according·​·to the time of life, and Sarah shall have^◦ a son.

¹⁵ And Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was fearful. And He said, No, for thou didst laugh.

¹⁶ And the men^◦ rose·​·up thence, and gazed upon the faces of Sodom; and Abraham walked with^▵ them, to send them on.

¹⁷ And Jehovah said, Shall^◦ I^◦ hide^* from Abraham that which I^◦ do?

¹⁸ And Abraham being shall be for a nation, great and numerous, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

¹⁹ For I know him, because·​·of^◦ which he will command his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; so·​·that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him.

²⁰ And Jehovah said, Because^◦ the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great^◦, and because^◦ their sin has become· very ·heavy,

²¹ I will go·​·down now^◦, and I will see whether they have made a complete end of it according·​·to her cry which has come to^▵ Me, and if not I will know.

²² And the men^◦ turned· their ·faces from thence, and went toward Sodom; and Abraham was still standing before Jehovah.

²³ And Abraham approached, and said, Wilt^◦ Thou also^◦ consume the just with the wicked?

²⁴ Perhaps there·​·be fifty just in the midst of the city; wilt^◦ Thou also^◦ consume and not spare^* the place for the sake^◦ of the fifty just who are in the midst^◦ of her?

²⁵ Far·​·be·​·it from Thee to do according·​·to this thing, to cause the just to die with the wicked, so^◦ that the just be as the wicked; far·​·be·​·it from Thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do judgment?

²⁶ And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty just in the midst of the city, I will spare^* all the place on^◦ account of them.

²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I pray^◦, I would^◦ speak to^▵ my Lord, and I^▵ am dust and ashes.

²⁸ Perhaps there shall be·​·wanting five of the fifty just men; wilt^◦ Thou destroy all the city for the five? and He said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

²⁹ And he added still to speak to^▵ Him, and said, Perhaps forty shall be·​·found there; and He said, I will not do it on^◦ account of the forty.

³⁰ And he said, I pray^◦, let not my Lord be·​·incensed, and I will speak: perhaps thirty shall be·​·found there; and He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

³¹ And he said, Behold, I pray^◦, I would^◦ speak to^▵ my Lord: perhaps twenty shall be·​·found there; and He said, I will not destroy it on^◦ account of the twenty.

³² And he said, I pray^◦, let not my Lord be·​·incensed, and I will speak only^▵ this time^◦: perhaps ten shall be·​·found there; and He said, I will not destroy it on^◦ account of the ten.

³³ And Jehovah went when^▵ He had completed speaking to^▵ Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.