1 وظهر له الرب عند بلوطات ممرا وهو جالس في باب الخيمة وقت حر النهار.2 فرفع عينيه ونظر واذا ثلاثة رجال واقفون لديه. فلما نظر ركض لاستقبالهم من باب الخيمة وسجد الى الارض.3 وقال يا سيد ان كنت قد وجدت نعمة في عينيك فلا تتجاوز عبدك.4 ليؤخذ قليل ماء واغسلوا ارجلكم واتكئوا تحت الشجرة.5 فآخذ كسرة خبز فتسندون قلوبكم ثم تجتازون. لانكم قد مررتم على عبدكم. فقالوا هكذا تفعل كما تكلمت6 فاسرع ابراهيم الى الخيمة الى سارة وقال اسرعي بثلاث كيلات دقيقا سميذا. اعجني واصنعي خبز ملّة.7 ثم ركض ابراهيم الى البقر واخذ عجلا رخصا وجيدا واعطاه للغلام فاسرع ليعمله.8 ثم اخذ زبدا ولبنا والعجل الذي عمله ووضعها قدامهم. واذ كان هو واقفا لديهم تحت الشجرة اكلوا9 وقالوا له اين سارة امرأتك. فقال ها هي في الخيمة.10 فقال اني ارجع اليك نحو زمان الحياة ويكون لسارة امرأتك ابن. وكانت سارة سامعة في باب الخيمة وهو وراءه.11 وكان ابراهيم وسارة شيخين متقدمين في الايام. وقد انقطع ان يكون لسارة عادة كالنساء.12 فضحكت سارة في باطنها قائلة أبعد فنائي يكون لي تنعم وسيدي قد شاخ.13 فقال الرب لابراهيم لماذا ضحكت سارة قائلة أفبالحقيقة الد وانا قد شخت.14 هل يستحيل على الرب شيء. في الميعاد ارجع اليك نحو زمان الحياة ويكون لسارة ابن.15 فانكرت سارة قائلة لم اضحك. لانها خافت. فقال لا بل ضحكت16 ثم قام الرجال من هناك وتطلعوا نحو سدوم. وكان ابراهيم ماشيا معهم ليشيعهم.17 فقال الرب هل اخفي عن ابراهيم ما انا فاعله.18 وابراهيم يكون امة كبيرة وقوية ويتبارك به جميع امم الارض.19 لاني عرفته لكي يوصي بنيه وبيته من بعده ان يحفظوا طريق الرب ليعملوا برا وعدلا لكي ياتي الرب لابراهيم بما تكلم به.20 وقال الرب ان صراخ سدوم وعمورة قد كثر وخطيتهم قد عظمت جدا.21 انزل وأرى هل فعلوا بالتمام حسب صراخها الآتي اليّ. والا فاعلم.22 وانصرف الرجال من هناك وذهبوا نحو سدوم. واما ابراهيم فكان لم يزل قائما امام الرب23 فتقدم ابراهيم وقال أفتهلك البار مع الاثيم.24 عسى ان يكون خمسون بارا في المدينة. أفتهلك المكان ولا تصفح عنه من اجل الخمسين بارا الذين فيه.25 حاشا لك ان تفعل مثل هذا الامر ان تميت البار مع الاثيم فيكون البار كالاثيم. حاشا لك. أديان كل الارض لا يصنع عدلا.26 فقال الرب ان وجدت في سدوم خمسين بارا في المدينة فاني اصفح عن المكان كله من اجلهم.27 فاجاب ابراهيم وقال اني قد شرعت اكلم المولى وانا تراب ورماد.28 ربما نقص الخمسون بارا خمسة. أتهلك كل المدينة بالخمسة. فقال لا اهلك ان وجدت هناك خمسة واربعين.29 فعاد يكلمه ايضا وقال عسى ان يوجد هناك اربعون. فقال لا افعل من اجل الاربعين.30 فقال لا يسخط المولى فاتكلم. عسى ان يوجد هناك ثلاثون. فقال لا افعل ان وجدت هناك ثلاثين.31 فقال اني قد شرعت اكلم المولى. عسى ان يوجد هناك عشرون. فقال لا اهلك من اجل العشرين.32 فقال لا يسخط المولى فاتكلم هذه المرة فقط. عسى ان يوجد هناك عشرة. فقال لا اهلك من اجل العشرة.33 وذهب الرب عندما فرغ من الكلام مع ابراهيم ورجع ابراهيم الى مكانه

1 And the LORD appeared to 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, see, 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 favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your 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 you your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said.6 And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes on the hearth.7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried 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 to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.10 And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, see, Sarah your 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 to Abraham, Why 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 to you, 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, No; but you did laugh.16 And the men rose up from there, 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 on Abraham that which he has 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 to me; and if not, I will know.22 And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?25 That be far from you 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 you: 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 on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you 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 spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty' sake.30 And he said to 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 on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty' 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' sake.33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.