The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

 1 And the Lord ^aappeared 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 ^amen stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and ^bbowed himself toward the ground,

 3 And said, My ^aLord, 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 ^awash your feet, and ^brest yourselves under the tree:

 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and ^acomfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye ^bcome 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.

 9 ¶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, ^aSarah thy wife shall have a ^bson. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were ^aold and well stricken in age; and it ^bceased 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 ^aold also?

 13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah ^alaugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am ^bold?

 14 Is any thing too ^ahard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the ^btime 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 Lord said, Shall I ^ahide from Abraham that thing which I do;

 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty ^anation, and all the ^bnations of the earth shall be ^cblessed in him?

 19 For I ^aknow him, that he will ^bcommand his ^cchildren and his ^dhousehold after him, and they shall ^ekeep the way of the Lord, to do justice and ^fjudgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

 20 And the Lord said, Because the ^acry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their ^bsin 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 ^aknow.

 22 ^aAnd the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham ^bstood yet before the Lord.

 23 ¶And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also ^adestroy the ^brighteous with the ^cwicked?

 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not ^aspare 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 ^aJudge of all the earth do right?

 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty ^arighteous 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 ^adust 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 ^aangry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will ^bnot destroy it for ten’s sake.

 33 And the Lord ^awent his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.