Genesis 18

Genesis 18:2

And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him.

And, as he looked about, behold, three angels, in the appearance of men, though not yet so known of him, stood within view of him.

Genesis 18:3

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

And he, noting one of them to carry some extraordinary majesty above the rest, as being indeed the Son of God, spake especially to him, not excluding the rest; Lord, if I have now found favour in thy sight, go not, I pray thee, hastily away from me thy servant; but be content, that I may give thee some entertainment.

Genesis 18:10

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.

And he said, I will most certainly return again to thee at that time, when the conception, by course of nature, may have life and being; and lo, then Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son.

Genesis 18:11

And it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

That disposition of body, which naturally, in their months, is necessary for child-bearing women, was, through dryness of age, long ago ceased in Sarah.

Genesis 18:12

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

Therefore Sarah distrustfully laughed, in the secret of her heart, and said in herself, After I am waken old, above the course of nature in those that are capable of conceiving, and my husband Abraham also, shall I have the pleasure of the marriage bed, which in my younger days, I could not find?

Genesis 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.

Seeing that I have purposed to honour Abraham so, as that of his loins a great and mighty nation shall rise; and in that seed, which shall come of him, namely the Saviour of mankind, all the nations in the earth shall be blessed, and all solemn benedictions shall still be under the name of Abraham.

Genesis 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.

I will now take some public course, whereby the world may see and know, that I take notice of their sins; I will, therefore, call their sins to examination, and judge them according to the shamelessness of their wickedness; and if their iniquity hath been less heinous than it hath appeared, I will inflict some less grievous punishment upon them.

Genesis 18:24

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

If there be fifty sincere, upright, and innocent men, in all the five cities, whereof Sodom is the chief, wilt thou destroy them, notwithstanding!

Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?

If there shall lack five of fifty righteous in all the five cities, wilt thou, for the want of five, destroy them!