Genesis 18:1 The Lord came to Abraham. Abraham was sitting in front of the door of his tent. This was near the trees of Mamre. It was very hot.
Genesis 18:2 Abraham looked and suddenly he saw 3 men standing not far from him. Abraham ran from his tent to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 18:3 Abraham said: My Lord, if I have found grace in your eyes please do not go past my tent and go away. Please stay for a short while.
Genesis 18:4 I will bring you some water, and then you can wash your feet. You can rest here under this tree.
Genesis 18:5 I will also bring you some bread and when you have eaten enough, you can go on. I am happy that you have come to me, your servant. Then the men said to Abraham: Yes, you can do what you have said.
Genesis 18:6 Abraham quickly went to Sarah in the tent and told her: prepare enough flour for three loaves of bread.
Genesis 18:7 Then Abraham ran to his cattle and he chose the best young calf. Abraham gave the calf to his servant and told him to kill it and cook it.
Genesis 18:8 Abraham brought some cream and milk and the meat of the calf and Abraham gave it to the 3 men. They ate and Abraham stood with them under the tree.
Genesis 18:9 Then the 3 men they asked Abraham: Where is your wife, Sarah? Abraham answered and said: She is here in the tent.
Genesis 18:10 Then One of the men said to Abraham: I will come back next year and then Sarah will have a baby boy. Sarah was in the tent and she heard what He said.
Genesis 18:11 Abraham and Sarah were very old. Sarah was too old to have a baby.
Genesis 18:12 Sarah laughed and said to herself: I am too old. I can not sleep with my husband and have a baby. He is also too old.
Genesis 18:13 The Man was the Lord Himself. He asked Abraham: Why did Sarah laugh? She thinks that she is too old to have a baby.
Genesis 18:14 I am the Lord. I can do anything that I want to do. I will come back next year at the time that I have said, and then Sarah will have a son.
Genesis 18:15 Sarah was afraid. Sarah lied and said: I did not laugh. But the Lord said: Yes, you did.
Genesis 18:16 The 3 men wanted to go. They looked at the city of Sodom and Abraham walked with them to send them on their way.
Genesis 18:17 The Lord said to Himself: Shall I, the Lord keep secret from Abraham about what I, the Lord am going to do.
Genesis 18:18 Abraham will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on earth will be blessed because of him.
Genesis 18:19 I chose Abraham, and he will tell his children and his descendants to live as God want them to live, to live in the right way and not to do what is wrong, and then I, the Lord will give him everything that I, the Lord has promised him.
Genesis 18:20 The Lord said: Abraham, I, the Lord know that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing very bad things and that they si