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[18:5] and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. [18:6] And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. [18:7] And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. [18:8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. [18:9] And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. [18:10] And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. [18:11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. [18:12] And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? [18:13] And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? [18:14] Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. [18:15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. [18:16] And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. [18:17] And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; [18:18] seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? [18:19] For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. [18:20] And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; [18:21] I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. [18:22] And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah. [18:23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? [18:24] Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? [18:25] That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? [18:26] And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.