Genesis 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Son of Promise

A Son Is Promised

(Heb. 13:2 )

Gen 18:1Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre,[fn] as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

Gen 18:2

Gen 18:2So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,

Gen 18:3

Gen 18:3and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.

Gen 18:4

Gen 18:4“Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Gen 18:5

Gen 18:5“And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”

Gen 18:6

Gen 18:6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”

Gen 18:7

Gen 18:7And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.

Gen 18:8

Gen 18:8So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Gen 18:9

Gen 18:9Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.”

Gen 18:10

Gen 18:10And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

Gen 18:11

Gen 18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.[fn]

Gen 18:12

Gen 18:12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Gen 18:13

Gen 18:13And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’

Gen 18:14

Gen 18:14“Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Gen 18:15

Gen 18:15But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

Gen 18:16

Gen 18:16Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.

Gen 18:17

Gen 18:17And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,

Gen 18:18

Gen 18:18“since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Gen 18:19

Gen 18:19“For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

Gen 18:20

Gen 18:20And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

Gen 18:21

Gen 18:21“I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

Gen 18:22

Gen 18:22Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

Gen 18:23

Gen 18:23And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Gen 18:24

Gen 18:24“Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?

Gen 18:25

Gen 18:25“Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Gen 18:26

Gen 18:26So the LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”

Gen 18:27

Gen 18:27Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

Gen 18:28

Gen 18:28“Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”

Gen 18:29

Gen 18:29And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.”

Gen 18:30

Gen 18:30Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Gen 18:31

Gen 18:31And he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.”

Gen 18:32

Gen 18:32Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”

Gen 18:33

Gen 18:33So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

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(18:1)

Hebrew Alon Mamre

(18:11)

Literally the manner of women had ceased to be with Sarah

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