Genesis 18 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Birth of Isaac Promised

(Heb 13:2 )

Gen 18:1And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

Gen 18:2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,

Gen 18:3

Gen 18:3and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

Gen 18:4

Gen 18:4Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

Gen 18:5

Gen 18:5while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."

Gen 18:6

Gen 18:6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

Gen 18:7

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

Gen 18:8

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

Gen 18:9

Gen 18:9They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent."

Gen 18:10

Gen 18:10The LORD said, "I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Gen 18:11

Gen 18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Gen 18:12

Gen 18:12So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"

Gen 18:13

Gen 18:13The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'

Gen 18:14

Gen 18:14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son."

Gen 18:15

Gen 18:15But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

Gen 18:16

Gen 18:16Then the men set out from there, and they looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.

Gen 18:17

Gen 18:17The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Gen 18:18

Gen 18:18seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him?

Gen 18:19

Gen 18:19No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."

Gen 18:20

Gen 18:20Then the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomor'rah is great and their sin is very grave,

Gen 18:21

Gen 18:21I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know."

Gen 18:22

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

Gen 18:23

Gen 18:23Then Abraham drew near, and said, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Gen 18:24

Gen 18:24Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?

Gen 18:25

Gen 18:25Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Gen 18:26

Gen 18:26And the LORD said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

Gen 18:27

Gen 18:27Abraham answered, "Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Gen 18:28

Gen 18:28Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."

Gen 18:29

Gen 18:29Again he spoke to him, and said, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."

Gen 18:30

Gen 18:30Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

Gen 18:31

Gen 18:31He said, "Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it."

Gen 18:32

Gen 18:32Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."

Gen 18:33

Gen 18:33And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

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Genesis 18 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Birth of Isaac Promised

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