AnoteAnnd the LORDE apeared vnto him
in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat
in his tent dore in the heate of þe; daie.
And as he lift vp his eyes, and loked, beholde,
there stode thre men ouer agaynst him.
And whan he sawe them, he ranne to mete
them from his tent dore, and bowed him self
downe vpon the grounde, and sayde: LORDE,
yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight,
go not by þi; serua&ubar;t. noteThere shalbe brought
you a litle water, ∧ ye shall wash yo&highr; fete, ∧
rest youre selues vnder the tre. noteAnd I wyll
fet you a morsell of bred, to comforte youre
hertes withall, and then shall ye go youre
wayes, for therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt.
They sayde: do euen so as thou hast
spoken:
noteAbraham wente a pace in to the tent to
Sara, and sayde: Make haist, ∧ mengle thre
peckes of fyne meele, knede it, and bake cakes.
And he ranne to the beastes, ∧ fet a calf
that was tender and good, and gaue it vnto
a yonge man, which made it ready at once.
And he toke butter and mylke and of the calfe
that he had prepared, and set it before th&ebar;,
stode him self by them vnder the tre, ∧ they
ate. noteThen saide they vnto him: where is Sara
thy wyfe? He answered: within in þe; tent.
B Then sayde he: aboute this tyme twolue moneth,
note (yf I lyue) I will come to the agayne,
and Sara thy wyfe shal haue a sonne. And
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Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which
was behynde his backe. And Abraham and
Sara were both olde, ∧ well stryken in age:
so that it wente nomore with Sara after þe;
maner of wemen: therfore laughed she within
hir self, and sayde: Now that I am olde
∧ my note lorde olde also, shal I yet geue my self
to lust?
Then sayde þe; LORDE vnto Abraham:
Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye: Is
this true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet
am olde? Shulde eny soch thinge be to harde
for the LORDE? noteAboute this tyme (yf I
lyue) I wil come to the agayne, ∧ Sara shal
haue a sonne. Then Sara denyed it, and sayde:
I laughed not, for she was afrayed. But
he sayde: It is not so, thou dyddest laughe.
Then the men stode vp from thence, and turned
them towarde Sodome: and Abraham
wente with them, to brynge them on their
waye.
C Then sayde the LORDE: How can I hyde
from Abraham, þe; thinge that I wil do?
seynge he shal be a greate and mightie people,
and all þe; people vp&obar; earth shalbe blessed
in him? For I knewe him that he wil c&obar;maunde
his children and his housholde after
him, to kepe the waye of þe; LORDE, and
to do after right and conscience, that the
LORDE maye bringe vp&obar; Abraham what
he hath promised him. And the LORDE sayde:
There is a crie at Sodome and Gomorra, note
which is greate, ∧ their synnes are exceadinge
greuous: therfore will I go downe ∧
se, whether they haue done all together, acordinge
to that crye, which is come before me,
or not, that I maye knowe. noteAnd the men turned
their face, and w&ebar;te towarde Sodome.
But Abraham stode still before þe; LORDE,
and stepte vnto him, and sayde:
Wilt thou then destroye the righteous
with the vngodly? Peradu&ebar;ture there maye
be fiftie righteous within þe; cite: wilt thou
destroye those, and not spare the place, for
fiftie righteous sake that are therin? That
be farre fr&obar; the, þt; thou shuldest do this, and
to slaye the righteous with the vngodly,
and that the righteous shulde be as the vngodly.
That be farre from the. Shulde not
the iudge of all the worlde do acordinge to
right? D And the LORDE sayde: Yf I fynde
fiftie righteous at Sodome in the cite, I wil
spare all the place for their sakes.
Abraham answered, and sayde: O se, I haue
taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORDE,
howbeit I am but dust and a&esset;shes. note
Peraduenture there maye be fyue lesse then
fiftie righteous therin: Wilt thou then destroye
the whole cite because of those fyue?
He sayde: yf I fynde fyue and fourtie therin,
I will not destroye them?
And he proceded further to speake vnto
him, and sayde: Peraduenture there might
be fourtie founde therin. And he sayde: I wil
do nothinge vnto them for those fourtyes
sake. Abraham sayde: Oh let not my LORDE
be angrie, that I speake yet more. Peradu&ebar;ture
there might be thirtie founde therin.
And he sayde: Yf I fynde thirtie therin,
I will do nothinge vnto them. And he sayde:
O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto
my LORDE.
Peradu&ebar;ture there might be tw&ebar;tie founde
therin. He answered: I wyll not destroye
them for those twentyes sake. And sayde: O
let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake
yet once more. Peraduenture there might
be ten founde therin. He saide: I wil not destroye
them for those ten sake.
And the LORDE wente his waye, whan
he had left talkynge with Abraham. And
Abraham returned vnto his place.
