Genesis 18:2-22

2When he raised 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 down to the ground, 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 5your feet, and make yourselves comfortable under the tree; 5and I will 67bring a piece of bread, so 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 set it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree 13as they ate.

9Then they said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.” 10He said, “14I will certainly return to you 15at this time next year; and behold, your wife Sarah 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. 12So Sarah laughed 19to herself, saying, “20After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my 21lord being old also?” 13But the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I actually give birth to a child, when I am so old?’ 1422Is anything too 23difficult for the Lord? At the 24appointed time I will return to you, 25at 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.”

16Then 26the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off. 1727The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham 28what I am about to do, 18since Abraham will certainly become a great and 29mighty nation, and in him 30all the nations of the earth will be blessed? 19For I have 3132chosen him, so that he may 33command his children and his household after him to 34keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham 35what He has spoken about him.” 20And the Lord said, “36The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. 21I will 37go down now and see whether they have done entirely as the outcry, which has come to Me indicates; and if not, I will know.”

22Then 38the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before 39the Lord.