Chapter 18
18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham at the sacred trees of Mamre. As Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the hottest part of the day,
18:2 he looked up and saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran out to meet them. Bowing down with his face touching the ground,
18:3 he said, “Sirs, please do not pass by my home without stopping; I am here to serve You.
18:4 Let me bring some water for you to wash your feet; you can rest here beneath this tree.
18:5 I will also bring a bit of food; it will give you strength to continue your journey. You have honored me by coming to my home, so let me serve you.” They replied, “Thank you; we accept.”
18:6 Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick, take a sack of your best flour, and bake some bread.”
18:7 Then he ran to the herd and picked out a calf that was tender and fat, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to get it ready.
18:8 He took some cream, some milk, and the meat, and set the food before the men. There under the tree he served them himself, and they ate.
18:9 then they asked him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” “She is there in the tent,” he answered.
18:10 One of them said, “Nine months from now I will come back, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was behind him, at the door of the tent, listening.
18:11 Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.
18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself and said, “Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too.”
18:13 Then the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really have a child when I am so old?
18:14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
18:15 Because Sarah was afraid, she denied it. “I didn’t laugh,” she said. “Yes, you did,” he replied. “You laughed.”
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