Genesis 18
1 and to see: see to(wards) him LORD in/on/with terebinth Mamre and he/she/it to dwell entrance [the] tent like/as heat [the] day
The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 and to lift: look eye his and to see: see and behold three human to stand upon him and to see: see and to run: run to/for to encounter: meet them from entrance [the] tent and to bow land: soil [to]
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3 and to say lord my if please to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your not please to pass from upon servant/slave your
and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please do not go away from your servant.
4 to take: bring please little water and to wash: wash foot your and to lean underneath: under [the] tree
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 and to take: bring morsel food: bread and to support heart your (after *L(S)*) to pass for as that: since as as to pass upon servant/slave your and to say so to make: do like/as as which to speak: speak
I will get a piece 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.”
6 and to hasten Abraham [the] tent [to] to(wards) Sarah and to say to hasten three seah flour fine flour to knead and to make bun
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 and to(wards) [the] cattle to run: run Abraham and to take: take son: young animal cattle tender and pleasant and to give: give to(wards) [the] youth and to hasten to/for to make [obj] him
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8 and to take: take curd and milk and son: young animal [the] cattle which to make and to give: put to/for face: before their and he/she/it to stand: stand upon them underneath: under [the] tree and to eat
He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
9 and to say to(wards) him where? Sarah woman: wife your and to say behold in/on/with tent
They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 and to say to return: return to return: return to(wards) you like/as time alive and behold son: child to/for Sarah woman: wife your and Sarah to hear: hear entrance [the] tent and he/she/it after him
He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 and Abraham and Sarah old to come (in): advanced in/on/with day: year to cease to/for to be to/for Sarah way like/as woman
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 and to laugh Sarah in/on/with entrails: among her to/for to say after to become old I to be to/for me delight and lord my be old
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 and to say LORD to(wards) Abraham to/for what? this to laugh Sarah to/for to say also truly to beget and I be old
The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 to wonder from LORD word: thing to/for meeting: time appointed to return: return to(wards) you like/as time alive and to/for Sarah son: child
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 and to deceive Sarah to/for to say not to laugh for to fear and to say not for to laugh
Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 and to arise: rise from there [the] human and to look upon face: surface Sodom and Abraham to go: went with them to/for to send: depart them
The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 and LORD to say to cover I from Abraham which I to make: do
The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 and Abraham to be to be to/for nation great: large and mighty and to bless in/on/with him all nation [the] land: country/planet
since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 for to know him because which to command [obj] son: child his and [obj] house: household his after him and to keep: obey way: conduct LORD to/for to make: do righteousness and justice because to come (in): bring LORD upon Abraham [obj] which to speak: promise upon him
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
20 and to say LORD outcry Sodom and Gomorrah for to multiply and sin their for to honor: heavy much
The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 to go down please and to see: see like/as cry her [the] to come (in): come to(wards) me to make: do consumption and if not to know
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
22 and to turn from there [the] human and to go: went Sodom [to] (and Abraham *L(S)*) still he to stand: stand to/for face: before (LORD *L(S)*)
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23 and to approach: approach Abraham and to say also to snatch righteous with wicked
Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 perhaps there fifty righteous in/on/with midst [the] city also to snatch and not to lift: bear to/for place because fifty [the] righteous which in/on/with entrails: among her
What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25 forbid to/for you from to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this to/for to die righteous with wicked and to be like/as righteous like/as wicked forbid to/for you to judge all [the] land: country/planet not to make: do justice
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 and to say LORD if to find in/on/with Sodom fifty righteous in/on/with midst [the] city and to lift: bear to/for all [the] place in/on/with for the sake of them
The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 and to answer Abraham and to say behold please be willing to/for to speak: speak to(wards) Lord and I dust and ashes
Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 perhaps to lack [emph?] fifty [the] righteous five to ruin in/on/with five [obj] all [the] city and to say not to ruin if to find there forty and five
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29 and to add: again still to/for to speak: speak to(wards) him and to say perhaps to find [emph?] there forty and to say not to make: do in/on/with for the sake of [the] forty
He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
30 and to say not please to be incensed to/for Lord and to speak: speak perhaps to find [emph?] there thirty and to say not to make: do if to find there thirty
He said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 and to say behold please be willing to/for to speak: speak to(wards) Lord perhaps to find [emph?] there twenty and to say not to ruin in/on/with for the sake of [the] twenty
He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
32 and to say not please to be incensed to/for Lord and to speak: speak surely [the] beat perhaps to find [emph?] there ten and to say not to ruin in/on/with for the sake of [the] ten
He said, “Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
33 and to go: journey LORD like/as as which to end: finish to/for to speak: speak to(wards) Abraham and Abraham to return: return to/for place his
The LORD went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
