Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 16

GENESIS. .18 1 18—··-30 ®¤h appears n Elyirh ®imz in 2\bmI;mn. 18 The LORn again revealed to him at the Oakwoods of Mamrah, when he sat at the door of his tent in the heat ofthe day. 2 Then he raised his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing opposite to him; andrhe locked, and called to them from the door of his

3 tent, and bowing to the ground, said, IO II 12 My masters, if now I have found

favour in your eyes, will you not come in to your servant? Take a little water, and wash your feet, and rest under the wood; and take a bit of bread, and refresh your heart, and afterwards proceed; perhaps for this you passed near your servant P ’ Do as you have

Abraham then hastened into his I-Iasten with three measures of line flour kneaded ,Abraham also ran to the fold, and took a fine, fat calf and gave it to a youth, who at once dressed it._ ‘ Then he took cheese and milk, andthe calf which he had dressed, and placed before them, and he stood opposite them under the trees while they were eating. They Where is and he replied, ‘I will restore you,

as at the period of youth, and there shall come a son from Sarah your and Sarah heard it at the door ofthe tent, where shetwas behind him. Now, Abraham and Sarah were old—-advanced in years and feeble; It was not with Sarah as women are; so Sarah laughed in ‘ After I am wasted, will there be pleasure for me, even when my master is old ?’ The Lordi consequently said to

Why, did Sarah laugh? saying, ‘ Shall I suckle a child when I am old ?' Isitagreat thing for the Ev1=:a-mvme to say, ‘ At such a time, I will return to you the period of youth, and give a son to Sarah ’ 2 ’ I for she was afraid. Yes, you did laugh. 1 The word Lord here does not mean the

Almighty, but only the Divine Messenger. See note on Exodus, Ch. iv.v 24, and Cb. vi. v. 3.-··F. F. Wl]: Quota uf $¤D¤m. The men then departed from there,

and faced towards Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to converse. Then the LORD said, ‘ Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am about to do? When Abraham is to become a great and mighty nation, and every nation of the earth to be blest through him? For I have instructed him in order that he may command his sons, and the sons of his house after him, that they must keep to the path of the EVER-LIVING, and do right and justice, so that the Evzivtrvrno may cause to come upon Abraham what So the Sodom and Gomorrah shriek, for their sins are many; and are very grievous. I have therefore come down and I will see what causes the shrieks · that have come to Me: have they full cause? if not I will know} So the men turned from there, and lr6 18 21 22 went towards Sodom; but Abraham stood firm in the presence of the LORD; and Abraham approached 23 Will You destroy the just along with the wicked? If' there are 24 fifty just persons within the city, will You destroy it, and not raise Your hand from the place, because of the nity just persons that are within it? Far be it from You to do as You have said, thus to kill the just with the wicked, and to make the just and the wicked alike. It is far from You. Will not the judge of the whole earth do justice? The LORD accordingly answered,

‘If I find fifty just men in the wlrole city of Sodom, then I will for their sakes take off My hand from all the Then Abraham answered and said,

‘ See, now, I began to speak to my LORD, although I am but dust and ashes. If there should want live just personsrof the fifty, will You sweep away the whole city for want of tive And He answered, *‘I will not

sweep it away, if I find there forty~ But he continued still to speak to

If there are found forty there ? ' I will not do it for the sake of the forty. let not my LORD

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