A   And the Lorde apeared vnto hym in the okegroue of Mamre as he sat in hys tent dore in the05Q0048 heate of the daye. And he lyfte vp hys eyes and looked: ∧ lo, thre m&ebar; stode not farre from him. And when he sawe them, he ran to mete th&ebar; from the tent dore, ∧ fel to the gro&ubar;d and sayde: Lord yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght: go not by thy seruaunte. Let a lytle water be fet, and wash youre fete, and rest youre selues vnder the tree: And I wyll fet a ^note morsell of05Q0049 breed, to comforte youre hartes withal. And than go your wayes, for eu&ebar; therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt. And they answered: Do euen so as thou hast said. And Abraham went a pace in to hys tent vnto Sara and sayd: make redy attonce thre peckes of fyne meale, kneade it and make cakes. And Abrah&abar; ran vnto his beastes ∧ fet a calfe that was tendre and good, ∧ gaue it vnto a yonge man which made it redy attonce. And he toke butter and mylcke and the calf whyche he had prepared, and set it before them, and stode hym selfe by them vnder the tree: and ^note they ate.

And they sayd vnto hym: Where is Sara thy wyfe? And he sayde: in the tent. And he sayde: B   I wyll come agayne vnto the as sone as the frute can lyue. And loo: Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne. That hearde Sara, oute of the tent doore whyche was behynde hys backe. Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age, and it ceased to be wyth Sara after the maner as it is with wyues. And Sara laughed in her selfe sayinge: Now I am waxed olde, shall I geue my self to ^note lust, and my Lorde olde also? Than sayd the Lord vnto Abraham: wherfore doth Sara laughte sayinge: shall I of a suertie bere a chylde, now when I am olde? is the thyng to harde for the Lorde to do? In the tyme ^note appoynted wyll I returne vnto the, as sone as the frute can haue lyfe, and Sara shall haue a sonne. Than Sara denyed it sayinge: I laughed not, for she was afrayde.

Lot. But he sayde: yes thou laughtest. Than the men stode vp from thence and loked toward Sodome. C   And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the way. And the Lord sayd: Can I hyde from Abraham that thyng whyche I am about to do, seynge that Abraham shal be a ^note great ∧ a myghtie people, ∧ all the nacions of the erth shalbe blessed in him? For I know him that he wyl c&obar;maunde his chyldren ∧ his houshold after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, to do after ryght ∧ conscience that the Lord may brynge vp&obar; Abraham that he hath promysed hym.

^noteAnd the Lord sayd? The crye of Sodome and Gomorra is great, and their synne is excedynge greuous. I wyll go doune and sea whether they haue done all to gether acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not, that I may knowe. And the m&ebar; departed th&ebar;ce ∧ went to Sodome ward. But Abrah&abar; stode yet before the Lorde, ∧ drewe nere and sayde. Wylt thou destroy the rightwes &wt; þe; wyked? D   If there be .l. ryghtwes wyth in the cyte, wylt thou destroy it ∧ not spare þe; place for the sake of .l. rightwes þt; are therin? That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after this maner, to sley þe; rightwes &wt; the wicked, ∧ that the rightwes shuld be as the wicked: þt; be farre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all the worlde do acordynge to ryghte? And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome .l. ryghtwes wythin the cytie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.

And Abraham answered ∧ sayd: behold I haue taken vp&obar; me to speake vnto the Lord, ∧ yet am but ^note dust and asshes. What though there lacke .v. of .l. ryghtwes, wylt thou destroy al the cyte for lacke of .v.? And he sayde: If I fynde there .xl. and .v. I wil not destroy them. And he spake vnto hym yet agayn and sayd: what yf there be .xl. founde there. And he sayde: I wyll not do it for fourtyes sake. And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, that I speake. What yf there be founde .xxx. there? And he sayde: I wyll not do it, yf I fynde .xxx. there. And he sayd: Oh, se, I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lorde, what yf there be .xx. found there? And he sayd: I wyll not destroye them for twenties sake. And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angrye, that I speake yet, but euen once more oulye. What yf ten be found there? And he sayde: I wyll not destroy them for .x. sake. And the Lorde went hys waye as soone as he had left commimyng wyth Abraham. And Abraham returned vnto hys place.

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