Bible 5
h23.
Genesis 18
[1]
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
[2] He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,
[3] and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
[4] Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
[5] while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on -- since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
[7] And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.
[8] Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
[9]
They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent."
[10] The LORD said, "I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
[12] So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"
[13] The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, `Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'[14]
Is anything too hard for the LORD?
At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son."
[15] But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."
h24.
[17] The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
h25.
[23] Then Abraham drew near, and said, "Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?
[24] Suppose there are 50 righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
[25] Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"
[26] And the LORD said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
[27] Abraham answered, "Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
[28] Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find 45 there."
[29] Again he spoke to him, and said, "Suppose 40 are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it."
[30] Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find 30 there."
[31] He said, "Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of 20 I will not destroy it."
[32] Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of 10 I will not destroy it."
[33] And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
There are borders.
h26.
Genesis 19[11] And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves groping for the door.
If you are able to open the eyes of the blind, you are also able to blind the eyes of the enemies.
h27.
[15]
When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city."
[16] But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
[17] And when they had brought them forth, they said, "Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed."
[26] But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Believing or not believing a person can sometimes cost your life.
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