Genesis

And the Theos appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat upon the door of his tent [at] noon.

And lifting up his eyes he saw, and behold: three men stood above him. And seeing, he ran up to meet them, away from the door of his tent. And he did obeisance upon the ground.

And he said: "Lord, that since I found favor before you, you should not go by your servant.

Let there now be taken water, and let them wash your feet, and be cooled under the tree.

And I will bring bread, and you shall eat. And after this you shall depart into your journey, because of which you turned aside to your servant." And they said: "Thus do as you have said."

And Abraám hastened to the tent towards Sarra. And he said to her: "Hasten, and mix up three measures of fine wheat flour, and make a cake baked in hot ashes.

And Abraám ran to the oxen, and took a tender and good young calf, and gave [it] to the servant, and he hastened to prepare it.

And he took butter and milk, and the young calf which he prepared, and placed it near to them, and they ate. And he stood beside them under the tree.

And he said to him: "Where [is] your wife Sarra?" And answering he said: "Behold: in the tent."

And he said: "Returning, I will come to you according to this time into [the] hour, and your wife Sarra will have a son. And Sarra heard towards the door of the tent, being behind him.

And Abraám and Sarra [were] elders, advanced of days. And Sarra ceased to be in the feminine [way].

And Sarra laughed in herself, saying: "For not yet has it happened to me until now, and my lord [is an] elder.

And [the] lord said to Abraám: "Why [is it] that Sarra laughed in herself, saying: Is it indeed truly [that] I will bear? But I have grown old!

[Is the] saying impossible to [the] lord? At this time into [the] hour I will return to you, and there will be to Sarra a son."

But Sarra denied, saying: "I did not laugh", for she feared. And he said to her: "No, on the contrary, you laughed."

And having risen up from there, the men looked down upon Sodoma and Gomorra. And Abraám went with them, escorting them.

And the lord said: "No way shall I hide from my servant Abraám what I do."

But Abraám having come into being, he will be into a great and populous nation. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him. And they will guard the ways of [the] lord, to do righteousness and judgment, that [the] lord may bring upon Abraám all as much as he said towards him.

And [the] lord said: "[The] cry of Sodoma and Gomorra towards me has increased, and their sins [are] very much.

Going down then, I will see if [it is] according to their cry, the [one] coming to me, [that] they culminate; and if not, that I may know."

And turning back from there, the men came into Sodoma. And Abraám was still standing before [the] lord.

And Abraám approaching, said: "Would you not destroy together [the] righteous with [the] ungodly, and will the righteous be as the ungodly?

If there might be fifty righteous in the city, wilt you destroy them? Will you not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if there should be [so] in it?

By no means shall you do as this saying: to kill [the] righteous with [the] ungodly, so the righteous shall be as the ungodly; by no means, the [one] judging the whole earth! Will you not execute judgment?"

And [the] lord said: "If there should be in Sodoma fifty righteous in the city, I will leave off [doing so to] the whole place on account of them."

And Abraám responding said: "Now [that] I began to speak to my lord, yet I am [solely] earth and ashes:

But if the fifty righteous should be lessened to forty-five, will you destroy the whole city because of the five [lacking]?" And he said: "No way will I destroy [it] if I find there forty-five."

And he added yet to speak to him. And he said: "But if [there] may be found there forty?" And he said: "No way will I destroy [it] for the sake of the forty."

And he said: "Perchance, lord, if I may speak: But if [there] may be found there thirty?" And he said: "No way will I destroy [it] for the sake of the thirty.

And he said: "Since I have [taken] to speak to the lord: But if [there] may be found there twenty?" And he said: "No way will I destroy [it] if I should find there twenty."

And he said: "Perchance, lord, if I may speak, still once [more]: But if [there] may be found there ten?" And he said: "No way will I destroy [it] for the sake of the ten."

And [the] lord departed as he ceased speaking to Abraám. And Abraám returned to his place.