1 And YHWH appeared to him by the Oaks of Mamre, and he was sitting [at] the door of the tent in the heat of the day. VP
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him. And he saw [them], and he ran to meet them from the door of the tent, and he bowed himself to the earth. VP
3 And he said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your eyes, please, do not pass on from Your servant. VP
4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your⁺ feet, and recline yourselves under the tree. VP
5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, and support your⁺ hearts; afterward, you⁺ may pass on, for upon thus you⁺ have passed over to your⁺ servant.” And they said, “Thus you shall do, as you have spoken.” VP
6 And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly! Three seahs of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes.” VP
7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and he took a son of the herd, tender and good, and gave [it] to the young man, and he hurried to prepare it. VP
8 And he took curds and milk and the son of the herd that he had prepared, and he set [it] before them; and he was standing by them under the tree, and they ate. VP
9 And they said to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” And he said, “Behold, in the tent.” VP
10 And He said, “I will surely return to you according to the time of life; and behold—a son to Sarah, your wife.” And Sarah was listening [at] the door of the tent, and it [was] behind him. VP
11 And Abraham and Sarah were old, coming in days; the way according to the women had ceased to be for Sarah. VP
12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall there be to me pleasure? And my lord is old!” VP
13 And YHWH said to Abraham, “Why did this one, Sarah, laugh, saying, ‘Shall I truly bear [a child] and I have become old?’ VP
14 Is any word too difficult for YHWH? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and to Sarah [will be] a son.” VP
15 And Sarah denied [it], saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, for you did laugh.” VP
16 And the men rose up from there and looked down on the face of Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to send them off. VP
17 And YHWH said, “Am I covering from Abraham what I am doing? VP
18 And Abraham will surely become a nation great and mighty, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. VP
19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his sons and his house after him, and they shall keep the way of YHWH, to do righteousness and justice, so that YHWH may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.” VP
20 And YHWH said, “Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very heavy, VP
21 I will go down now and see whether according to its outcry that has come to Me they have done completely—and if not, I will know.” VP
22 And the men turned from there, and they went toward Sodom, and Abraham was still standing before the face of YHWH. VP
23 And Abraham drew near and said, “Would You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? VP
24 Suppose there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; would You indeed sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] within it? VP
25 Far be it from You to do according to this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice?” VP
26 And YHWH said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.” VP
27 And Abraham answered and said, “Behold, please, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ashes. VP
28 Suppose there are lacking five of the fifty righteous? Would You destroy for the five the whole city?” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] if I find there forty and five.” VP
29 And he added again to speak to Him, and he said, “Suppose there are found there forty?” And He said, “I will not do [it] on account of the forty.” VP
30 And he said, “Please, may the Lord not be hot, and I will speak. Suppose there are found thirty.” And He said, “I will not do [it] if I find there thirty.” VP
31 And he said, “Behold, please, I have ventured to speak to the Lord. Suppose there are found twenty.” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] on account of the twenty.” VP
32 And he said, “Please may the Lord not be hot, and I will speak only this time. Suppose there are found ten.” And He said, “I will not destroy [it] on account of the ten.” VP
33 And YHWH went as soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place. VP