¹ καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν ἤδη ὄψει ἃ ποιήσω τῷ φαραω ἐν γὰρ χειρὶ κραταιᾷ ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ ἐκβαλεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ

² ἐλάλησεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς πρὸς μωυσῆν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ἐγὼ κύριος

³ καὶ ὤφθην πρὸς αβρααμ καὶ ισαακ καὶ ιακωβ θεὸς ὢν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου κύριος οὐκ ἐδήλωσα αὐτοῖς

⁴ καὶ ἔστησα τὴν διαθήκην μου πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὥστε δοῦναι αὐτοῖς τὴν γῆν τῶν χαναναίων τὴν γῆν ἣν παρῳκήκασιν ἐν ᾗ καὶ παρῴκησαν ἐπ' αὐτῆς

⁵ καὶ ἐγὼ εἰσήκουσα τὸν στεναγμὸν τῶν υἱῶν ισραηλ ὃν οἱ αἰγύπτιοι καταδουλοῦνται αὐτούς καὶ ἐμνήσθην τῆς διαθήκης ὑμῶν

⁶ βάδιζε εἰπὸν τοῖς υἱοῖς ισραηλ λέγων ἐγὼ κύριος καὶ ἐξάξω ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς δυναστείας τῶν αἰγυπτίων καὶ ῥύσομαι ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς δουλείας καὶ λυτρώσομαι ὑμᾶς ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ καὶ κρίσει μεγάλῃ

⁷ καὶ λήμψομαι ἐμαυτῷ ὑμᾶς λαὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῶν θεός καὶ γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς καταδυναστείας τῶν αἰγυπτίων

⁸ καὶ εἰσάξω ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν εἰς ἣν ἐξέτεινα τὴν χεῖρά μου δοῦναι αὐτὴν τῷ αβρααμ καὶ ισαακ καὶ ιακωβ καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν αὐτὴν ἐν κλήρῳ ἐγὼ κύριος

⁹ ἐλάλησεν δὲ μωυσῆς οὕτως τοῖς υἱοῖς ισραηλ καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν μωυσῇ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀλιγοψυχίας καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν σκληρῶν

¹⁰ εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν λέγων

¹¹ εἴσελθε λάλησον φαραω βασιλεῖ αἰγύπτου ἵνα ἐξαποστείλῃ τοὺς υἱοὺς ισραηλ ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ

¹² ἐλάλησεν δὲ μωυσῆς ἔναντι κυρίου λέγων ἰδοὺ οἱ υἱοὶ ισραηλ οὐκ εἰσήκουσάν μου καὶ πῶς εἰσακούσεταί μου φαραω ἐγὼ δὲ ἄλογός εἰμι

¹³ εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν καὶ ααρων καὶ συνέταξεν αὐτοῖς πρὸς φαραω βασιλέα αἰγύπτου ὥστε ἐξαποστεῖλαι τοὺς υἱοὺς ισραηλ ἐκ γῆς αἰγύπτου

¹⁴ καὶ οὗτοι ἀρχηγοὶ οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν υἱοὶ ρουβην πρωτοτόκου ισραηλ ενωχ καὶ φαλλους ασρων καὶ χαρμι αὕτη ἡ συγγένεια ρουβην

¹⁵ καὶ υἱοὶ συμεων ιεμουηλ καὶ ιαμιν καὶ αωδ καὶ ιαχιν καὶ σααρ καὶ σαουλ ὁ ἐκ τῆς φοινίσσης αὗται αἱ πατριαὶ τῶν υἱῶν συμεων

¹⁶ καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν λευι κατὰ συγγενείας αὐτῶν γεδσων κααθ καὶ μεραρι καὶ τὰ ἔτη τῆς ζωῆς λευι ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἑπτά

¹⁷ καὶ οὗτοι υἱοὶ γεδσων λοβενι καὶ σεμεϊ οἶκοι πατριᾶς αὐτῶν

¹⁸ καὶ υἱοὶ κααθ αμβραμ καὶ ισσααρ χεβρων καὶ οζιηλ καὶ τὰ ἔτη τῆς ζωῆς κααθ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη

¹⁹ καὶ υἱοὶ μεραρι μοολι καὶ ομουσι οὗτοι οἶκοι πατριῶν λευι κατὰ συγγενείας αὐτῶν

²⁰ καὶ ἔλαβεν αμβραμ τὴν ιωχαβεδ θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἑαυτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα καὶ ἐγέννησεν αὐτῷ τόν τε ααρων καὶ μωυσῆν καὶ μαριαμ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν τὰ δὲ ἔτη τῆς ζωῆς αμβραμ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα δύο ἔτη

²¹ καὶ υἱοὶ ισσααρ κορε καὶ ναφεκ καὶ ζεχρι

²² καὶ υἱοὶ οζιηλ ελισαφαν καὶ σετρι

²³ ἔλαβεν δὲ ααρων τὴν ελισαβεθ θυγατέρα αμιναδαβ ἀδελφὴν ναασσων αὐτῷ γυναῖκα καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ τόν τε ναδαβ καὶ αβιουδ καὶ ελεαζαρ καὶ ιθαμαρ

²⁴ υἱοὶ δὲ κορε ασιρ καὶ ελκανα καὶ αβιασαφ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις κορε

²⁵ καὶ ελεαζαρ ὁ τοῦ ααρων ἔλαβεν τῶν θυγατέρων φουτιηλ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ τὸν φινεες αὗται αἱ ἀρχαὶ πατριᾶς λευιτῶν κατὰ γενέσεις αὐτῶν

²⁶ οὗτος ααρων καὶ μωυσῆς οἷς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς ἐξαγαγεῖν τοὺς υἱοὺς ισραηλ ἐκ γῆς αἰγύπτου σὺν δυνάμει αὐτῶν

²⁷ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ διαλεγόμενοι πρὸς φαραω βασιλέα αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐξήγαγον τοὺς υἱοὺς ισραηλ ἐξ αἰγύπτου αὐτὸς ααρων καὶ μωυσῆς

²⁸ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐλάλησεν κύριος μωυσῇ ἐν γῇ αἰγύπτῳ

²⁹ καὶ ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς μωυσῆν λέγων ἐγὼ κύριος λάλησον πρὸς φαραω βασιλέα αἰγύπτου ὅσα ἐγὼ λέγω πρὸς σέ

³⁰ καὶ εἶπεν μωυσῆς ἐναντίον κυρίου ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἰσχνόφωνός εἰμι καὶ πῶς εἰσακούσεταί μου φαραω

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh 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 their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.