Genesis 18 Parallel Bible

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the Lorde appeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre, and he sate in his tent doore in the heate of the day.	And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.	The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
2	And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,	He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth	Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3	And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.	and said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.	He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
4	Let a litle water, I pray you, be fet, and washe your feete, and refreshe your selues vnder the tree.	Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,	Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
5	And I wyll fet a morsell of bread to comfort your heartes withall, and then shall you go your wayes: for euen therefore are ye come to your seruaunt. And they sayde: do euen so as thou hast sayde.	while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.”	Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
6	And Abraham went apace into the tent vnto Sara, & sayde: Make redy at once three peckes of fine meale, kneade it and make cakes vpon the hearth.	And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.”	So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”
7	And Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.	And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly.	Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8	And he toke butter and mylke, and the calfe which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stoode hym selfe by them vnder the tree: & they dyd eate.	Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.	He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
9	And they sayde vnto hym: where is Sara thy wife? He aunswered, behold, in the tent.	They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”	“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he said.
10	And he sayde: I wyll certaynely returne vnto thee according to the time of lyfe: and lo, Sara thy wyfe shall haue a sonne. That heard Sara in the tent doore, which was behynde hym.	The LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.	Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
11	Abraham and Sara were both olde, and well stryken in age: and it ceassed to be with Sara after the maner as it is with women.	Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.	Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
12	Therefore Sara laughed within her selfe, saying: Nowe I am waxed olde shal I geue my selfe to lust, and my Lorde olde also?	So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”	So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13	And God said vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie beare a chylde, which am olde?	The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’	Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’
14	Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee euen according to the time of life: & Sara shall haue a sonne.	Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”	Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
15	The Sara denied it, saying: I laughed not: for she was afrayde. And he sayde: it is not so, but thou laughedst.	But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”	Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
16	And the men rysyng vp from thence, loked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them to bryng them on the way.	Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.	When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
17	And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do.	The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,	Then the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18	Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym?	seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?	Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
19	I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him.	For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”	For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
20	And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous:	Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,	Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21	I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.	I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”	that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”
22	And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde.	So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.	The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
23	And Abraham drewe neare, and said: Wylt thou also destroye the righteous with the wicked?	Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?	Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
24	If there be fiftie ryghteous within the citie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of fiftie ryghteous that are therein?	Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?	What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
25	That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?	Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”	Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26	And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.	And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”	The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27	And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.	Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.	Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
28	If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous, wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he saide: If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them.	Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”	what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29	And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake.	Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”	Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?” He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30	He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there.	Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”	Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31	He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake.	He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”	Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32	And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.	Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”	Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33	And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham, and Abraham also turned vnto his place.	And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.	When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
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