New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 18:2-15
2When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three 1men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth, 3and said, “2My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not 3pass Your servant by. 4Please let a little water be brought and 4wash your feet, and 5rest yourselves under the tree; 5and I will 67bring a piece of bread, that you may 8refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have 9visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.” 6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “10Quickly, prepare three 11measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes.” 7Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and 12choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it. 8He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree 13as they ate.
9Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “There, in the tent.” 10He said, “14I will surely return to you 15at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him. 11Now 16Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was 17past 18childbearing. 12Sarah laughed 19to herself, saying, “20After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my 21lord being old also?” 13And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed 22bear a child, when I am so old?’ 1423Is anything too 24difficult for the Lord? At the 25appointed time I will return to you, 26at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” 15Sarah denied it however, saying, “I did not laugh”; for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 18:2 Gen 18:16, 22; 32:24; Josh 5:13; Judg 13:6-11; Heb 13:2 ↩
- 2. Genesis 18:3 Or O Lord ↩
- 3. Genesis 18:3 Lit pass away from Your servant ↩
- 4. Genesis 18:4 Gen 19:2; 24:32; 43:24 ↩
- 5. Genesis 18:4 Lit support ↩
- 6. Genesis 18:5 Lit take ↩
- 7. Genesis 18:5 Judg 6:18, 19; 13:15, 16 ↩
- 8. Genesis 18:5 Lit sustain your heart ↩
- 9. Genesis 18:5 Lit come to ↩
- 10. Genesis 18:6 Lit Hasten three measures ↩
- 11. Genesis 18:6 Heb seah; i.e. one seah equals approx eleven qts ↩
- 12. Genesis 18:7 Lit good ↩
- 13. Genesis 18:8 Lit and ↩
- 14. Genesis 18:10 Gen 21:2; Rom 9:9 ↩
- 15. Genesis 18:10 Lit when the time revives ↩
- 16. Genesis 18:11 Gen 17:17; Rom 4:19 ↩
- 17. Genesis 18:11 Heb 11:11 ↩
- 18. Genesis 18:11 Lit the manner of women ↩
- 19. Genesis 18:12 Lit within ↩
- 20. Genesis 18:12 Gen 17:17; Luke 1:18 ↩
- 21. Genesis 18:12 1 Pet 3:6 ↩
- 22. Genesis 18:13 Lit surely bear ↩
- 23. Genesis 18:14 Jer 32:17, 27; Zech 8:6; Matt 19:26; Luke 1:37; Rom 4:21 ↩
- 24. Genesis 18:14 Or wonderful ↩
- 25. Genesis 18:14 Gen 17:21; 18:10 ↩
- 26. Genesis 18:14 Lit when the time revives ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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