01:018:006 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.
01:018:007 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht
a calf tender and
good,
and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress
it.
01:018:008 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.
01:018:009 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah
thy wife? And he said,
Behold,
in the tent.
01:018:010 And he said, I will certainly return unto
thee according to
the
time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a
son.
And
Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
01:018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well
stricken in age; and
it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
01:018:012 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
saying, After I am
waxed
old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
01:018:013 And the lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore
did Sarah laugh,
saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
01:018:014 Is any thing too hard for the lord?
At the time appointed I
will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and
Sarah
shall have a son.
01:018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not;
for she was afraid.
And
he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
01:018:016 And the men rose up from thence, and looked
toward Sodom: and
Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way.
01:018:017 And the lord said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that thing which
I
do;
01:018:018 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become
a great and mighty
nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him?
01:018:019 For I know him, that he will command his
children and his
household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the lord,
to
do justice and judgment; that the lord may bring
upon
Abraham
that which he hath spoken of him.
01:018:020 And the lord said, Because the cry
of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great,
and because their sin is very grievous;
01:018:021 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.
01:018:022 And the men turned their faces from thence,
and went toward
Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the lord.
01:018:023 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou
also destroy the
righteous
with the wicked?


