Genesis 18:1-16 Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie. ² And as he lift vp his eyes, and loked, beholde, there stode thre men ouer agaynst him. And whan he sawe them, he ranne to mete them from his tent dore, and bowed him self downe vpon the grounde, ³ and sayde: LORDE, yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight, go not by yi seruaut. ⁴ There shalbe brought you a litle water, & ye shall wash yor fete, & rest youre selues vnder the tre. ⁵ And I wyll fet you a morsell of bred, to comforte youre hertes withall, and then shall ye go youre wayes, for therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt. They sayde: do euen so as thou hast spoken: ⁶ Abraham wente a pace in to the tent to Sara, and sayde: Make haist, & mengle thre peckes of fyne meele, knede it, and bake cakes. ⁷ And he ranne to the beastes, & fet a calf that was tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yonge man, which made it ready at once. ⁸ And he toke butter and mylke and of the calfe that he had prepared, and set it before the, stode him self by them vnder the tre, & they ate. ⁹ Then saide they vnto him: where is Sara thy wyfe? He answered: within in ye tent. ¹⁰ Then sayde he: aboute this tyme twolue moneth, (yf I lyue) I will come to the agayne, and Sara thy wyfe shal haue a sonne. And Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which was behynde his backe. ¹¹ And Abraham and Sara were both olde, & well stryken in age: so that it wente nomore with Sara after ye maner of wemen: ¹² therfore laughed she within hir self, and sayde: Now that I am olde & my lorde olde also, shal I yet geue my self to lust? ¹³ Then sayde ye LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye: Is this true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet am olde? ¹⁴ Shulde eny soch thinge be to harde for the LORDE? Aboute this tyme (yf I lyue) I wil come to the agayne, & Sara shal haue a sonne. ¹⁵ Then Sara denyed it, and sayde: I laughed not, for she was afrayed. But he sayde: It is not so, thou dyddest laughe. ¹⁶ Then the men stode vp from thence, and turned them towarde Sodome: and Abraham wente with them, to brynge them on their waye.