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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 18 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Genesis 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/17.htm" title="Genesis 17">◄</a> Genesis 18 <a href="../genesis/19.htm" title="Genesis 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Son Is Promised to Abraham</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.1" class="v0_18_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> appeared to Abraham at the sacred trees of Mamre. As Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the hottest part of the day, </span><span class="v0_18_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.2" class="v0_18_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> he looked up and saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran out to meet them. Bowing down with his face touching the ground, </span><span class="v0_18_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.3" class="v0_18_3">3</span>he said, “Sirs, please do not pass by my home without stopping; I am here to serve you. </span><span class="v0_18_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.4" class="v0_18_4">4</span>Let me bring some water for you to wash your feet; you can rest here beneath this tree. </span><span class="v0_18_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.5" class="v0_18_5">5</span>I will also bring a bit of food; it will give you strength to continue your journey. You have honored me by coming to my home, so let me serve you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_5">They replied, “Thank you; we accept.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.6" class="v0_18_6">6</span>Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick, take a sack of your best flour, and bake some bread.” </span><span class="v0_18_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.7" class="v0_18_7">7</span>Then he ran to the herd and picked out a calf that was tender and fat, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to get it ready. </span><span class="v0_18_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.8" class="v0_18_8">8</span>He took some cream, some milk, and the meat, and set the food before the men. There under the tree he served them himself, and they ate.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.9" class="v0_18_9">9</span>Then they asked him, “Where is your wife Sarah?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_9">“She is there in the tent,” he answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.10" class="v0_18_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> One of them said, “Nine months from now<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.10!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_10">Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening. </span><span class="v0_18_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.11" class="v0_18_11">11</span>Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods. </span><span class="v0_18_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.12" class="v0_18_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So Sarah laughed to herself and said, “Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.13" class="v0_18_13">13</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really have a child when I am so old?’ </span><span class="v0_18_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.14" class="v0_18_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Is anything too hard for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.15" class="v0_18_15">15</span>Because Sarah was afraid, she denied it. “I didn't laugh,” she said.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_15">“Yes, you did,” he replied. “You laughed.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Abraham Pleads for Sodom</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.16" class="v0_18_16">16</span>Then the men left and went to a place where they could look down at Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on their way. </span><span class="v0_18_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.17" class="v0_18_17">17</span>And the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to himself, “I will not hide from Abraham what I am going to do. </span><span class="v0_18_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.18" class="v0_18_18">18</span>His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.18.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v0_18_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.19" class="v0_18_19">19</span>I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.20" class="v0_18_20">20</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Abraham, “There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great. </span><span class="v0_18_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.21" class="v0_18_21">21</span>I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.22" class="v0_18_22">22</span>Then the two men left and went on toward Sodom, but the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remained with Abraham. </span><span class="v0_18_23"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.23" class="v0_18_23">23</span>Abraham approached the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and asked, “Are you really going to destroy the innocent with the guilty? </span><span class="v0_18_24"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.24" class="v0_18_24">24</span>If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty? </span><span class="v0_18_25"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.25" class="v0_18_25">25</span>Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_26"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.26" class="v0_18_26">26</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> answered, “If I find fifty innocent people in Sodom, I will spare the whole city for their sake.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_27"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.27" class="v0_18_27">27</span>Abraham spoke again: “Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything. </span><span class="v0_18_28"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.28" class="v0_18_28">28</span>But perhaps there will be only forty-five innocent people instead of fifty. Will you destroy the whole city because there are five too few?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_28">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> answered, “I will not destroy the city if I find forty-five innocent people.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_29"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.29" class="v0_18_29">29</span>Abraham spoke again: “Perhaps there will be only forty.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_29">He replied, “I will not destroy it if there are forty.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_30"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.30" class="v0_18_30">30</span>Abraham said, “Please don't be angry, Lord, but I must speak again. What if there are only thirty?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_30">He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_31"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.31" class="v0_18_31">31</span>Abraham said, “Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_31">He said, “I will not destroy the city if I find twenty.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_32"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.32" class="v0_18_32">32</span>Abraham said, “Please don't be angry, Lord, and I will speak only once more. What if only ten are found?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_18_32">He said, “I will not destroy it if there are ten.” </span><span class="v0_18_33"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.18.33" class="v0_18_33">33</span>After he had finished speaking with Abraham, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> went away, and Abraham returned home.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.10: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nine months from now; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">This time next year.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.18: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">through … nations; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">all the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed him.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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