9 And they said unto him Where is Sarah thy wife And he said Behold in the tent 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 Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself saying After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham Wherefore did Sarah laugh saying Shall I of a surety bear a child which am old 14 Is 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 15 Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay but thou didst laugh
16 And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way 17 And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him 19 For 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 20 And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous 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
22 And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD 23 And Abraham drew near and said Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked 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 25 That 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 26 And the LORD said If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes 27 And Abraham answered and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes 28 Peradventure 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 29 And 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 30 And 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 31 And 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 32 And 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 33 And the LORD went his way as soon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returned unto his place
