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Chapter 18

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CHAP. XVIII.

1 Abraham entertaineth three Angels. 9 Sarah is reproued for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction of Sodome is reuealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof.

¹And the LORD appeared vnto him, in the plaines of Mamre: and he sate in the tent doore, in the heat of the day.¹

²And he lift vp his eyes and looked, and loe, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, hee ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed himselfe toward the ground,

³And said, My Lord, If now I haue found fauour in thy sight, passe not away, I pray thee, frō thy seruant:

⁴Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feete, and rest your selues vnder the tree:

⁵And I will fetch a morsell of bread; and comfort ye your hearts, after that you shall passe on: for therefore are you come to your seruant. And they said; So doe, as thou hast said.⁵

⁶And Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah, & said; Make ready quickly three measures of fine meale, knead it, and make cakes vpon the hearth.⁶

⁷And Abraham ranne vnto the heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yong man: and he hasted to dresse it.

⁸And he tooke butter, and milke, and the calfe which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them vnder the tree: and they did eate.

⁹¶ And they said vnto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

¹⁰And he said, I will certainly returne vnto thee according to the time of life; and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne. And Sarah heard it in the tent doore, which was behind him.¹⁰

¹¹Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age: and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women.

¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I haue pleasure, my lord being old also?¹²

Abraham prayeth for the Sodomites.

¹³And the LORD said vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying; Shall I of a surety beare a childe, which am old?

¹⁴Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.

¹⁵Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraid. And he said, Nay, but thou diddest laugh.

¹⁶¶ And the men rose vp from thence, and looked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way.

¹⁷And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I doe;

¹⁸Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?¹⁸

¹⁹For I know him, that hee will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keepe the way of the LORD, to doe iustice and iudgement, that the LORD may bring vpon Abraham, that which hee hath spoken of him.

²⁰And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is great, and because their sinne is very grieuous:

²¹I will goe downe now, and see whether they haue done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come vnto me: and if not, I will know.

²²And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodome: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

²³¶ And Abraham drew neere, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴Peraduenture there be fifty righteous within the citie; wilt thou also destroy, and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous, that are therein?

²⁵That be farre from thee, to do after this maner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the Iudge of all the earth doe right?

²⁶And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fiftie righteous, within the citie, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Abraham prayeth for the Sodomites.

²⁷And Abraham answered, and said, Behold now, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes.

²⁸Peraduenture there shall lacke fiue of the fiftie righteous: wilt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he said, If I find there fourtie and fiue, I will not destroy it.

²⁹And hee spake vnto him yet againe, and said, Peraduenture there shall be fourtie found there: and he said, I will not doe it for fourties sake.

³⁰And he said vnto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speake: Peraduenture there shall thirtie bee found there. And he said, I will not doe it, if I find thirtie there.

³¹And he said, Behold now, I haue taken vpon mee to speake vnto the Lord: Peraduenture there shall bee twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenties sake.

³²And hee saide, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speake yet but this once: Peraduenture ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for tennes sake.

³³And the LORD went his way, assoone as hee had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned vnto his place.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Genesis Chapter 18

¹ Hebr.13. 2.
⁵ Hebr. stay. , Hebr. you haue passed.
⁶ Hebr. Hasten.
¹⁰ Chap. 17. 19. and 21. 2.
¹² 1.Pet.3. 6.
¹⁸ Chap. 12. 3. and 22. 18. acts. 3. 25. galat. 3.8.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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Becca's Genesis Chapter 18 comment about verse 14 on 3/30/2013, 9:08am...

I think it is a sad thing to mess around with the words of the Lord, it not only loses its true meaning, but confuses people, not confounds them.
And I find it funny the newer versions say that they re-translated it from Hebrew and Greek, (didn't the Hebrew people lose there language and redid it in the 20's and 30's?) when they really are re-translating it from the newer foundations of the languages, and what ever happened to the Canaanite Aramaic and Elephantine they did translate the first time around... for the 1st 3/4th of the Bible :) just sayen. I see a lot of people translating the New Testament the same way, with a more modern portion of Greek... not what is actually was written down with, thus is the reasoning behind me using the Old King James... although there are a lot of characteristics of social living involved that tends to offend people, heaven forbid someone get offended by God's Word, lol lol!!! Isn't there a scripture about that? That was the days and times, but facts show and personal experience, there are things that offends the Lord! And as for the word of can not!(you may understand this or not, hehehe) for the Lords sake we will give understanding, that He prefers not, not can not ... God is God, the devil is an angel, and we are made in God's image, the Holy Ghost must lead you to understand His meanings, spending time with the Lord in understanding what he truly meant and means is up to the individual relationship. And that does not mean each person will get there own interpretation, but that individual will discover that there is only one (His!). One fact reins to be true, that you must ask yourself! Do you know Him? or of Him?

Mathew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

that is my comment if I am allowed to have one, if I offended you? I could only hope as much as the Lord can in love. May grace be on you :)

Abibu Akeem's Genesis Chapter 18 comment on 3/06/2012, 4:58am...

1.GOD dose to interact or canverse with any other GOD,because he is a jealous,and told the isrealite thou shall have no other GOD expect me,because i'm a jealous GOD
2.those men are really angels,because GOD will never tell lies to his beloved.
3.my own qestions his,how many children did abraham has what are there names.and i want to know more about apostle paul and where he first began his ministry.

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