Verse 5

Genesis 18:5

World English Bible

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5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אֶקְחָ֨ה פַת לֶ֜חֶם וְ/סַעֲד֤וּ לִבְּ/כֶם֙ אַחַ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ כִּֽי עַל כֵּ֥ן עֲבַרְתֶּ֖ם עַֽל עַבְדְּ/כֶ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֵּ֥ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ

English Translation

And I will take a piece of bread, and you will be strengthened in your hearts; afterward you will pass on, for that is why you passed by your servant. And they said, "So shall you do as you have spoken."

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Chapter 18 Context

1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. Focus ↗

2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ra... Focus ↗

3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.... Focus ↗

4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Focus ↗

5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that...

6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead i... Focus ↗

7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried... Focus ↗

8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them un... Focus ↗

9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “See, in the tent.” Focus ↗

10 He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife w... Focus ↗

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Focus ↗

12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being ol... Focus ↗

13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’ Focus ↗

14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round,... Focus ↗

15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.... Focus ↗

16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way... Focus ↗

17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do, Focus ↗

18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be... Focus ↗

19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that... Focus ↗

20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous... Focus ↗

21 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If... Focus ↗

22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh. Focus ↗

23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? Focus ↗

24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the... Focus ↗

25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righte... Focus ↗

26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place... Focus ↗

27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and a... Focus ↗

28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?... Focus ↗

29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do... Focus ↗

30 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” H... Focus ↗

31 He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found th... Focus ↗

32 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found the... Focus ↗

33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his... Focus ↗

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Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 18 (33 verses)
Version: World English Bible

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