Thematic Bible
Genesis 18:1 (show verse)
And Jehovah will be seen to him at the oaks of Mamra: and he will sit at the entrance of his tent at the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:2 (show verse)
And he shall lift up his eyes and shall see, and behold, three men stood by him: and he will see and will run to meet them from the door of the tent, and will bow himself to the earth.
Genesis 18:3 (show verse)
And he will say, Lord, if now I found grace in thine eyes, now thou wilt not pass away from thy servant
Genesis 18:4 (show verse)
Now he shall take a little water, and will wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:5 (show verse)
And I will take a bit of food, and strengthen your heart, afterwards ye shall pass away; for, for this ye passed over to your servant And they will say, Thou shalt do according to what thou saidst
Genesis 18:6 (show verse)
And Abraham will hasten to the tent to Sarah, and will say, Hasten thou measures of the finest flour; knead and make cakes.
Genesis 18:7 (show verse)
And Abraham running to the oxen, will take the son of a cow, tender and good, and will give to the youth, and he will hasten to do it
Genesis 18:8 (show verse)
And he will take curdled milk, and new milk, and the son of the cow which he did, and he will give before their face; and he stood by them under the tree, and they shall eat
Genesis 18:9 (show verse)
And they will say to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? and he will say, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:10 (show verse)
And he will say, Returning, I will return to thee according to the time of life; and behold, a son to Sarah thy wife. And Sarah heard at the door of the tent, and she behind him.
Genesis 18:11 (show verse)
And Abraham and Sarah were old, being gone in days; the way according to women ceased to be to Sarah.
Genesis 18:12 (show verse)
And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.
Genesis 18:13 (show verse)
And Jehovah will say to Abraham, For what did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall truly even I bring forth, and I have become old?
Genesis 18:14 (show verse)
Shall the word of Jehovah be difficult, at the appointed time? I will return to thee, according to the time of life, and a son to Sarah.
Genesis 18:15 (show verse)
And Sarah will deny, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he will say, Nay, for thou didst laugh.
Genesis 18:16 (show verse)
And the men will rise up from thence, and will look forth upon the face of Sodom: and Abraham went forth with them to accompany them.
Genesis 18:17 (show verse)
And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I do?
Genesis 18:18 (show verse)
And Abraham being, shall be for a great and numerous nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in him.
Genesis 18:19 (show verse)
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
Genesis 18:20 (show verse)
And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy,
Genesis 18:21 (show verse)
I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know.
Genesis 18:22 (show verse)
And the men will turn back from thence, and will go forth to Sodom: and Abraham stood yet before the face of Jehovah.
Genesis 18:23 (show verse)
And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked
Genesis 18:24 (show verse)
Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it?
Genesis 18:25 (show verse)
Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment?
Genesis 18:26 (show verse)
And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:27 (show verse)
And Abraham will answer and say, Behold now, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, and I dust and ashes.
Genesis 18:28 (show verse)
If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five.
Genesis 18:29 (show verse)
And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty.
Genesis 18:30 (show verse)
And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there.
Genesis 18:31 (show verse)
And he will say, Behold now, I have begun to speak to the Lord If twenty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of twenty.
Genesis 18:32 (show verse)
And he will say, Now will it not be angry to the Lord, and I will speak only this once: If ten shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of ten.
Genesis 18:33 (show verse)
And Jehovah went forth after that he finished to speak to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.