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Genesis 18 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 - And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 - And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - 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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - 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 the forty’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said, 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - 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 the twenty’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - 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 the ten’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Genesis Chapter 18 — Additional Translations:

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