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Genesis 18

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1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

3And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

8And 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.

9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing 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 know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

20And the LORD 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 the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

30And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

33And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55925× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • אֵלʼêlH41313× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmH8513× in this chapter

    Abraham, the later name of Abram

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH621311× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306810× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • לֹאlôʼH380810× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • שָׂרָהSârâhH828310× in this chapter

    Sarah, Abraham's wife

  • דָבַרdâbarH16968× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • מָצָאmâtsâʼH46728× in this chapter

    properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

  • נָאnâʼH49948× in this chapter

    'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

  • עַלʻalH59218× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • שָׁםshâmH80338× in this chapter

    there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

  • צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66627× in this chapter

    just

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8347× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אוּלַיʼûwlayH1946× in this chapter

    if not; hence perhaps

  • כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • בֵּןbênH11215× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אֹהֶלʼôhelH1685× in this chapter

    a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • הִנֵּהhinnêhH20095× in this chapter

    lo!

  • אִםʼimH5185× in this chapter

    used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

  • אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1364× in this chapter

    the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

  • חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymH25724× in this chapter

    fifty

  • אַחַרʼacharH3104× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • לָקַחlâqachH39474× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • סְדֹםÇᵉdômH54674× in this chapter

    Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

  • עָבוּרʻâbûwrH56684× in this chapter

    properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that

  • צָחַקtsâchaqH67114× in this chapter

    to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72004× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • שׁוּבshûwbH77254× in this chapter

    to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

  • שָׁחַתshâchathH78434× in this chapter

    to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

  • בָּקָרbâqârH12413× in this chapter

    beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

  • הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • חָמֵשׁchâmêshH25683× in this chapter

    five

  • אַלʼalH4083× in this chapter

    not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

  • מָהַרmâharH41163× in this chapter

    properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly

  • מַעַןmaʻanH46163× in this chapter

    properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

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