WEBVTT 00:00.860 --> 00:06.440 Chapter 18, And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the 00:06.440 --> 00:07.980 tent door in the heat of the day. 00:08.260 --> 00:11.840 And he lift up his eyes, and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him. 00:12.280 --> 00:16.440 And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself 00:16.440 --> 00:21.560 toward the ground, and said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, 00:21.720 --> 00:24.560 pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant. 00:25.480 --> 00:30.000 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, 00:30.100 --> 00:32.160 and rest yourselves under the tree. 00:32.720 --> 00:36.920 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts. 00:37.460 --> 00:42.360 After that ye shall pass on, for therefore are ye come to your servant. 00:42.860 --> 00:45.840 And they said, So do as thou hast said. 00:46.060 --> 00:50.840 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three 00:50.840 --> 00:55.400 measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 00:55.620 --> 00:59.300 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, 00:59.660 --> 01:02.500 and gave it unto a young man, and he hasted to dress it. 01:02.780 --> 01:06.920 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before 01:06.920 --> 01:07.220 them. 01:07.480 --> 01:10.280 And he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 01:10.860 --> 01:13.900 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? 01:14.020 --> 01:16.660 And he said, Behold, in the tent. 01:16.840 --> 01:20.700 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee, according to the time of life. 01:21.160 --> 01:23.820 And lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. 01:24.420 --> 01:27.420 And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him. 01:28.060 --> 01:32.640 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with 01:32.640 --> 01:34.020 Sarah after the manner of women. 01:34.420 --> 01:39.460 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am wexed old, shall I have 01:39.460 --> 01:41.640 pleasure, my Lord, being old also? 01:41.880 --> 01:46.440 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, 01:46.740 --> 01:49.680 Shall I of a surety bear a child which am old? 01:50.660 --> 01:52.780 Is anything too hard for the Lord? 01:53.580 --> 01:58.720 At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life. 01:59.320 --> 02:01.320 And Sarah shall have a son. 02:01.820 --> 02:04.720 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not. 02:05.080 --> 02:06.160 For she was afraid. 02:06.580 --> 02:09.760 And he said, Nay, but thou didst laugh. 02:10.440 --> 02:13.260 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom. 02:13.640 --> 02:16.080 And Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 02:16.520 --> 02:20.540 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do? 02:21.160 --> 02:26.560 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the 02:26.560 --> 02:28.660 nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 02:29.160 --> 02:34.360 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, 02:34.620 --> 02:40.680 and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord 02:40.680 --> 02:44.660 may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 02:44.960 --> 02:50.260 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because 02:50.260 --> 02:56.040 their sin is very grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done 02:56.040 --> 03:00.100 altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me. 03:00.760 --> 03:02.800 And if not, I will know. 03:03.420 --> 03:06.800 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom. 03:07.180 --> 03:09.100 But Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 03:09.300 --> 03:14.040 And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with 03:14.040 --> 03:14.540 the wicked? 03:15.440 --> 03:18.480 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. 03:19.280 --> 03:24.200 Wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are 03:24.200 --> 03:24.840 therein? 03:25.340 --> 03:30.940 Let be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the 03:30.940 --> 03:31.200 wicked. 03:31.780 --> 03:36.040 And that the righteous should be as the wicked, let be far from thee. 03:36.660 --> 03:39.620 Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? 03:39.840 --> 03:44.140 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, 03:44.740 --> 03:47.440 then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 03:47.880 --> 03:52.740 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak 03:52.740 --> 03:55.980 unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. 03:56.800 --> 04:00.300 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. 04:01.000 --> 04:04.700 Wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? 04:05.000 --> 04:10.120 And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 04:10.440 --> 04:15.080 And he spake unto him yet again and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found 04:15.080 --> 04:15.420 there. 04:15.740 --> 04:18.360 And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 04:18.520 --> 04:23.160 And he said unto him, O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. 04:23.840 --> 04:26.340 Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. 04:26.540 --> 04:29.720 And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 04:30.100 --> 04:34.480 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. 04:35.180 --> 04:37.900 Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. 04:38.280 --> 04:41.700 And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 04:41.700 --> 04:47.500 And he said, O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. 04:48.500 --> 04:50.920 Peradventure ten shall be found there. 04:51.080 --> 04:54.460 And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 04:54.640 --> 04:57.820 And the Lord went his way as soon as he had left communing with Abraham. 04:58.360 --> 05:00.460 And Abraham returned unto his place.