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.

¹ Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought·​·up from the land of Egypt, saying,

² You only have I known of all the families of the ground; therefore I will visit you for^▵ all your iniquities.

³ Can two walk^◦ together, without them having met·​·together?

⁴ Will a lion roar in the forest when he has^◦ no prey, will a young·​·lion give his voice from his abode, if he has not^▵ captured?

⁵ Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, if there is not^◦ a snare for it? shall a trap come·​·up from the ground if taking^◦ one does not take^◦?

⁶ Shall a shophar^* be sounded in the city, and the people not be·​·frightened? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah has not done it^▵*?

⁷ For the Lord Jehovih^* will not do the word, for He reveals His secret counsel^◦ to^▵ His servants the prophets.

⁸ The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord Jehovih has spoken, who will not prophesy?

⁹ Make it heard in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the many upsets in her midst, and the oppressed in her midst^◦.

¹⁰ And they know not to do righteousness, says^◦ Jehovah, treasuring violence and devastation in their palaces.

¹¹ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; An adversary there shall be even all around the land; and he shall bring·​·down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

¹² Thus says Jehovah: As^◦ the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a small·​·piece of an ear; so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who dwell in Samaria in the corner^▵ of a bed^◦, and on^◦ the edge^◦ of a couch.

¹³ Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih, the God of Armies,

¹⁴ that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also^◦ visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be hewn·​·off, and they shall fall to the earth.

¹⁵ And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great^◦ houses shall be consummated, says^◦ Jehovah.