Verse 27
Genesis 18:27
English Revised Version
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥עַן אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר הִנֵּה נָ֤א הוֹאַ֨לְתִּי֙ לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר אֶל אֲדֹנָ֔/י וְ/אָנֹכִ֖י עָפָ֥ר וָ/אֵֽפֶר
English Translation
And Abraham answered and said, "Here now, I have taken upon myself to speak to my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes."
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Chapter 18 Context
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And the LORD appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the d...
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and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them,...
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and said, My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy ser...
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let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuc...
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And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine m...
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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and...
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And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stoo...
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And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
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And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife...
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Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the m...
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And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being...
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And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child,...
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Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh...
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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh...
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And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them o...
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And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
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seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth...
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For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that...
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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very gri...
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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is c...
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And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
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And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for...
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That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the ri...
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And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the pla...
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but...
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peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack o...
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And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he sai...
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be foun...
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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be tw...
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And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shal...
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And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto...
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