1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them , he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, 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 I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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.
9 ¶ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 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. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14 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. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 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. 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 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. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 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, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it . 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake. 30 And he said unto him , Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it , if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
1 apparuit autem ei Dominus in convalle Mambre
sedenti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei
2 cumque elevasset oculos
apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes propter eum
quos cum vidisset
cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi
et adoravit in terra
3 et dixit
Domine si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis ne transeas servum tuum
4 sed adferam pauxillum aquae et lavate pedes vestros
et requiescite sub arbore
5 ponam buccellam panis et confortate cor vestrum
postea transibitis
idcirco enim declinastis ad servum vestrum
qui dixerunt fac ut locutus es
6 festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Sarram dixitque ei
adcelera tria sata similae commisce et fac subcinericios panes
7 ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit
et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum
deditque puero qui festinavit et coxit illum
8 tulit quoque butyrum et lac et vitulum quem coxerat
et posuit coram eis
ipse vero stabat iuxta eos sub arbore
9 cumque comedissent dixerunt ad eum ubi est Sarra uxor tua
ille respondit ecce in tabernaculo est
10 cui dixit revertens veniam ad te tempore isto vita comite
et habebit filium Sarra uxor tua
quo audito Sarra risit post ostium tabernaculi
11 erant autem ambo senes provectaeque aetatis
et desierant Sarrae fieri muliebria
12 quae risit occulte dicens
postquam consenui et dominus meus vetulus est
voluptati operam dabo
13 dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham
quare risit Sarra dicens num vere paritura sum anus
14 numquid Deo est quicquam difficile
iuxta condictum revertar ad te hoc eodem tempore vita comite
et habebit Sarra filium
15 negavit Sarra dicens non risi timore perterrita
Dominus autem non est inquit ita sed risisti
16 cum ergo surrexissent inde viri
direxerunt oculos suos contra Sodomam
et Abraham simul gradiebatur deducens eos
17 dixitque Dominus num celare potero Abraham quae gesturus sum
18 cum futurus sit in gentem magnam ac robustissimam
et benedicendae sint in illo omnes nationes terrae
19 scio enim quod praecepturus sit filiis suis et domui suae post se
ut custodiant viam Domini et faciant iustitiam et iudicium
ut adducat Dominus propter Abraham omnia quae locutus est ad eum
20 dixit itaque Dominus
clamor Sodomorum et Gomorrae multiplicatus est
et peccatum earum adgravatum est nimis
21 descendam et videbo
utrum clamorem qui venit ad me opere conpleverint
an non est ita ut sciam
22 converteruntque se inde et abierunt Sodomam
Abraham vero adhuc stabat coram Domino
23 et adpropinquans ait numquid perdes iustum cum impio
24 si fuerint quinquaginta iusti in civitate peribunt simul
et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta iustos si fuerint in eo
25 absit a te ut rem hanc facias et occidas iustum cum impio
fiatque iustus sicut impius
non est hoc tuum
qui iudicas omnem terram nequaquam facies iudicium
26 dixitque Dominus ad eum
si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta iustos in medio civitatis
dimittam omni loco propter eos
27 respondens Abraham ait
quia semel coepi loquar ad Dominum meum
cum sim pulvis et cinis
28 quid si minus quinquaginta iustis quinque fuerint
delebis propter quinque universam urbem
et ait non delebo si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque
29 rursumque locutus est ad eum
sin autem quadraginta inventi fuerint quid facies
ait non percutiam propter quadraginta
30 ne quaeso inquit indigneris Domine si loquar
quid si inventi fuerint ibi triginta
respondit non faciam si invenero ibi triginta
31 quia semel ait coepi loquar ad Dominum meum
quid si inventi fuerint ibi viginti
dixit non interficiam propter viginti
32 obsecro inquit ne irascaris Domine si loquar adhuc semel
quid si inventi fuerint ibi decem
dixit non delebo propter decem
33 abiit Dominus postquam cessavit loqui ad Abraham
et ille reversus est in locum suum