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Genesis 18 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 - The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - He said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 - Then they asked him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He replied, "There, in the tent."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - Then Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. But the LORD said, "No! You did laugh."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - Then the LORD said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - So the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - So the LORD replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Abraham spoke to him again, "What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it for the sake of the forty."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.
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