God Promises the birth of Isaac; Abram Pleads for Sodom
Genesis
1 The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels, 9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son, 16 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham, 23 Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants
Gen 13:18;Gen 14:13;Act 7:2 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen 18:22;Gen 19:1;Heb 13:2 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen 43:24;Gen 24:32 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Gen 24:67;Tit 2:5 9 ¶ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen 21:2;Luk 1:13;Rom 9:9 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Rom 4:19;Heb 11:11 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
1 Pet 3:6;Luk 1:18;Gen 17:17 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Heb 11:19;Rom 4:21;Luk 1:37 14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen 12:3;Gen 22:18;Psa 72:17 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Eph 6:4;Jos 24:15;Deu 6:6-7 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Gen 4:10;Gen 19:13;Jam 5:4 20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen 11:5;Exo 3:8;Psa 14:2 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Gen 18:1-222 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Num 16:22;2 Sam 24:17;Psa 11:4-7 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Mat 7:13-1424 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Rom 3:5-6;Psa 94:2;Psa 58:11 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Jer 5:1;Eze 22:30;Mat 24:22 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Luk 18:1;Psa 8:4 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
1 The 5:1729 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
Isa 55:8-930 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Heb 4:1631 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
Jdg 6:39;Exo 34:6-7;Psa 34:15 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.