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THREE VISITORS
And Yah Veh is seen by him in the mighty oaks of Mamre: and he sits in the tent opening in the heat of the day; 2 and he lifts his eyes and sees, and behold, three men station themselves by him: and he sees them and runs to meet them from the tent opening and prostrates himself toward the earth, 3 and says, My Adonay, If, I beseech you, I find charism in your eyes, pass not away, I beseech you, from your servant: 4 take a little water, I beseech you, and bathe your feet and lean under the tree: 5 and I take a morsel of bread, to support your hearts; and after that, you pass on: this is why you pass to your servant. And they say, Work thus, as you word. 6 And Abraham hastens into the tent to Sarah and says, Hasten three seahs of fine flour, knead and work ashcakes. 7 And Abraham runs to the oxen and takes a tender and good son of the oxen and gives it to a lad; and he hastens to work it: 8 and he takes butter and milk and the son of the oxen he worked and gives it at their face; and he stands by them under the tree and they eat. 9 And they say to him, Where is Sarah your woman? And he says, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he says, In returning, I return to you according to the time of life and behold, to Sarah your woman - a son. - and Sarah hears it in the tent opening behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah are aged and well stricken in days; and the way of women ceased with Sarah: 12 and Sarah laughs within herself, saying, After I am worn out, have I pleasure, my adoni also being aged? 13 And Yah Veh says to Abraham, Why this? Sarah laughs, saying, I - truly birth? I - aged? 14 Is any word too marvelous for Yah Veh? At the season I return to you, according to the time of life and Sarah has a son. 15 Then Sarah denies, saying, I laughed not; for she awes. And he says, No - but you laughed. 16 And the men rise from there, at the face of Sedom: and Abraham goes with them to send them on their way. 17 And Yah Veh says, Hide I what I work from Abraham? 18 seeing that in becoming, Abraham becomes a great and mighty goyim, with all the goyim of the earth being blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he misvahs his sons and his household after him and they guard the way of Yah Veh, to work justness and judgment; so that Yah Veh brings on Abraham what he words of him. 20 And Yah Veh says, Because the cry of Sedom and Amorah is great and because their sin is mighty heavy; 21 I now descend and see whether they have fully worked according to the cry thereof, which comes to me: and if not, I know. 22 -and the men turn their faces from there and go toward Sedom: and Abraham stands still at the face of Yah Veh.
ABRAHAM INTERCEDES WITH YAH VEH
23 And Abraham draws near and says, is it so that you scrape away the just with the wicked? 24 Perhaps there be fifty just midst the city: is it so that you scrape away and not spare the place for the fifty just inside? 25 Far be it from you to work this word, to deathify the just with the wicked: and that it be, as the just, as the wicked. Far be it from you! The Judge of all the earth, works he not judgment? 26 And Yah Veh says, If I find in Sedom fifty just midst the city, then I spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answers and says, Behold, I beseech, I will to word to Adonay, I - dust and ashes: 28 Perhaps there lack five of the fifty just: you - ruin the whole city for five? And he says, If I find there forty-five, I ruin not. 29 And he words to him yet again and says, Perhaps there be forty found there. And he says, I work it not for sake of forty. 30 And he says, I beseech, Adonay, inflame not and I word: Perhaps thirty be found there. And he says, I work not, if I find thirty there. 31 And he says, Behold, I beseech, I will to word to Adonay: Perhaps there be twenty found there. And he says, I ruin not for sake of twenty. 32 And he says, Oh Adonay, inflame not; and I word this time only: Perhaps ten be found there. And he says, I ruin not for sake of the ten. 33 - and Yah Veh goes his way as soon as he finishes wording with Abraham: and Abraham returns to his place.
THREE VISITORS
And Yah Veh is seen by him in the mighty oaks of Mamre: and he sits in the tent opening in the heat of the day; 2 and he lifts his eyes and sees, and behold, three men station themselves by him: and he sees them and runs to meet them from the tent opening and prostrates himself toward the earth, 3 and says, My Adonay, If, I beseech you, I find charism in your eyes, pass not away, I beseech you, from your servant: 4 take a little water, I beseech you, and bathe your feet and lean under the tree: 5 and I take a morsel of bread, to support your hearts; and after that, you pass on: this is why you pass to your servant. And they say, Work thus, as you word. 6 And Abraham hastens into the tent to Sarah and says, Hasten three seahs of fine flour, knead and work ashcakes. 7 And Abraham runs to the oxen and takes a tender and good son of the oxen and gives it to a lad; and he hastens to work it: 8 and he takes butter and milk and the son of the oxen he worked and gives it at their face; and he stands by them under the tree and they eat. 9 And they say to him, Where is Sarah your woman? And he says, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he says, In returning, I return to you according to the time of life and behold, to Sarah your woman - a son. - and Sarah hears it in the tent opening behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah are aged and well stricken in days; and the way of women ceased with Sarah: 12 and Sarah laughs within herself, saying, After I am worn out, have I pleasure, my adoni also being aged? 13 And Yah Veh says to Abraham, Why this? Sarah laughs, saying, I - truly birth? I - aged? 14 Is any word too marvelous for Yah Veh? At the season I return to you, according to the time of life and Sarah has a son. 15 Then Sarah denies, saying, I laughed not; for she awes. And he says, No - but you laughed. 16 And the men rise from there, at the face of Sedom: and Abraham goes with them to send them on their way. 17 And Yah Veh says, Hide I what I work from Abraham? 18 seeing that in becoming, Abraham becomes a great and mighty goyim, with all the goyim of the earth being blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he misvahs his sons and his household after him and they guard the way of Yah Veh, to work justness and judgment; so that Yah Veh brings on Abraham what he words of him. 20 And Yah Veh says, Because the cry of Sedom and Amorah is great and because their sin is mighty heavy; 21 I now descend and see whether they have fully worked according to the cry thereof, which comes to me: and if not, I know. 22 -and the men turn their faces from there and go toward Sedom: and Abraham stands still at the face of Yah Veh.
ABRAHAM INTERCEDES WITH YAH VEH
23 And Abraham draws near and says, is it so that you scrape away the just with the wicked? 24 Perhaps there be fifty just midst the city: is it so that you scrape away and not spare the place for the fifty just inside? 25 Far be it from you to work this word, to deathify the just with the wicked: and that it be, as the just, as the wicked. Far be it from you! The Judge of all the earth, works he not judgment? 26 And Yah Veh says, If I find in Sedom fifty just midst the city, then I spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answers and says, Behold, I beseech, I will to word to Adonay, I - dust and ashes: 28 Perhaps there lack five of the fifty just: you - ruin the whole city for five? And he says, If I find there forty-five, I ruin not. 29 And he words to him yet again and says, Perhaps there be forty found there. And he says, I work it not for sake of forty. 30 And he says, I beseech, Adonay, inflame not and I word: Perhaps thirty be found there. And he says, I work not, if I find thirty there. 31 And he says, Behold, I beseech, I will to word to Adonay: Perhaps there be twenty found there. And he says, I ruin not for sake of twenty. 32 And he says, Oh Adonay, inflame not; and I word this time only: Perhaps ten be found there. And he says, I ruin not for sake of the ten. 33 - and Yah Veh goes his way as soon as he finishes wording with Abraham: and Abraham returns to his place.