The Lord appears to Abraham -- Lot being warned of God, flees.

¹⁾And the LORDLord appeared unto himAbraham in the plains of Mamre:. andAnd he sat in thehis tent door in the heat of the day;

²⁾And he liftlifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from thehis tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, and said;

³⁾And said, My LORDbrethren, if now I have found favor in thyyour sight, pass not away, I pray thee,you from thy servant:.

⁴⁾Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5)And, and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that yeyou shall pass on:; for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

⁶⁵⁾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.

⁷⁶⁾And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man;, and he hasted to dress it.

⁸⁷⁾And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set itthem before them;, and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

⁹⁸⁾And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

¹⁰⁹⁾And one of them blessed Abraham, and he said, I will certainly return unto thee from my journey, and lo, according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.

¹⁰⁾And Sarah heard ithim, in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹⁾NowAnd now Abraham and Sarah werebeing old, and well stricken in age; andtherefore it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.;

¹²⁾Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I amhave waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

¹³⁾And the LORDangel of the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14) Is any thinganything too hard for the LORDLord?

¹⁴⁾At the time appointed, behold, I will return unto thee from my journey, which the Lord hath sent me; and according to the time of life, andthou mayest know that 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 menangels rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom:; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

¹⁷⁾And the LORDangel of the Lord, said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which Ithe Lord will do for him; 18)Seeing seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

¹⁹¹⁸⁾For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORDLord, to do justice and judgment;, that the LORDLord may bring upon Abraham that which he hathhas spoken of him.

²⁰¹⁹⁾And the LORDangel of the Lord said unto Abraham, The Lord said unto us, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21), I will destroy them.

²⁰⁾And I will send you, and ye shall go down now, and see whetherthat theytheir iniquities are rewarded unto them.

²¹⁾And ye shall have all things done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

²²⁾And if ye do it not, it shall be upon your heads; for I will destroy them, and you shall know that I will do it, for it shall be before your eyes.

²³⁾And the angels which were holy men, and were sent forth after the order of God, turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but.

²⁴⁾But Abraham stood yet before the LORDLord, remembering the things which had been told him.

²³²⁵⁾And Abraham drew near to Sodom, and said unto the Lord, calling upon his name, saying, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Wilt thou not spare them?

²⁴²⁶⁾Peradventure there may be fifty righteous within the city:, wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that aremay be therein?

²⁵²⁷⁾ThatO may 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.

²⁸⁾O God, may that be far from thee:, Shallfor shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

²⁶²⁹⁾And the LORDLord said unto Abraham, If Ithou findfindest in Sodom, fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

²⁷³⁰⁾And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORDLord, which amis butable to destroy the city, and lay all the people in dust and ashes:;

²⁸³¹⁾PeradventureWill the Lord spare them peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:; wilt thou destroy all the city for lacktheir of five? And he saidwickedness, Ifif I find there forty and five righteous?

³²⁾And he said, I will not destroy, itbut spare them.

²⁹³³⁾And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shallshould be forty found there. ?

³⁴⁾And he said, I will not dodestroy it for forty's sake.

³⁰³⁵⁾And he said again unto himthe Lord, OhO, let not the LORDLord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. ?

³⁶⁾And he said, I will not dodestroy it,them if Ithou shalt find thirty there.

³¹³⁷⁾And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD:Lord; Peradventurewilt thou destroy them if peradventure there shall twenty be twenty found there. ?

³⁸⁾And he said, I will not destroy itthem for twenty's sake.

³²³⁹⁾And heAbraham said unto the Lord, OhO, let not the LORDLord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:, Peradventureperadventure ten shall be found there. ?

⁴⁰⁾And hethe Lord said, I will not destroy itthem for ten's sake. 33) And the LORDLord wentceased hisspeaking way,with Abraham.

⁴¹⁾And as soon as he had left communing with the Lord, Abraham: andwent his way.

⁴²⁾And it came to pass that Abraham returned unto his placetent.