1And Yehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, look, three men stood opposite him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 3and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass away from your servant: 4let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen your heart; after that you shall pass on: since you have come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said. 6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. 7And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to the servant; and he hurried to prepare it. 8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate. 9And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10And he said, I will certainly return to you when the season comes round; and, look, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13And Yehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I indeed bear a child, who am old? 14Is anything too hard for Yehovah? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah shall have a son. 15Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. 16And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to send them on their way. 17And Yehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; 18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19For 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 Yehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him. 20And Yehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to its cry, which has come to me; and if not, I will know. 22And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham still stood before Yehovah. 23And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? 24Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city: will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it? 25That be far from you to do in this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from you: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26And Yehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: 28perhaps five shall be lacking of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty-five. 29And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Perhaps there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake. 30And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak: perhaps thirty shall be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: perhaps there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake. 32And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: perhaps ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake. 33And Yehovah went his way, as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.