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Genesis - ch 18 v 1 - 20
- And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.
- and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?
- And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.
- And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant:
- But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.
- And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
- Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.
- And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste and boiled it.
- He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.
- And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.
- And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.
- Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.
- And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old
- And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ?
- Is there any thing hard to God? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.
- Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst laugh:
- And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.
- And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:
- "Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?
- For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
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