Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which was be hynde his backe. And Abraham and Sara were both olde, ⁊ well ſtryken in age: ſo that it wente nomore with Sara after ye maner of wemen: therfore laughed ſhe with in hir ſelf, and ſayde: Now that I am olde ⁊ my [crossref 1]lorde olde alſo, ſhal I yet geue my ſelf to luſt?
B
Then ſayde ye LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and ſaye: Is this true in dede, that I ſhal beare, and yet am olde?[crossref 2] Shulde eny ſoch thinge be to harde for the LORDE? Aboute 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: Is it 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, ye thinge that I wil do? ſeynge he ſhal be a greate and mightie people, and all ye people vpō earth ſhalbe bleſſed in him? For I knowe him that he wil cōmaunde his children and his houſholde after him, to kepe the waye of ye LORDE, and to do after right and conſcience, that the LORDE maye bringe vpō Abraham what he hath promiſed him. And the LORDE ſayde: There is a crie at Sodome and Gomorra, which is greate, ⁊ their ſynnes are exceadinge greuous:[crossref 3] 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.[crossref 4] And the men turned their face, and wēte towarde Sodome. But Abraham ſtode ſtill before ye LORDE, and ſtepte vnto him, and ſayde:
Wilt thou then deſtroye the righteous with the vngodly? Peraduēture there maye be fiftie righteous within ye cite: wilt thou deſtroye thoſe, and not ſpare the place, for fiftie righteous ſake that are therin? That be farre frō the, yt 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? And the LORDE ſayde: Yf I finde fiftie righteous at Sodome in the cite, I wil ſpare all the place for their ſakes.
D
Abraham anſwered, and ſayde: O ſe, I haue taken vpon me to ſpeake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but duſt and aßſhes.[crossref 5] 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. Peraduēture there might be thirtie founde ther in. 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.
Peraduēture there might be twētie 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.
The XIX. Chapter.
A
In the euenynge came the two angels vnto Sodome. And Lot ſat vnder the gate of the cite. And whē he ſawe them, he roſe vp for to mete them, and bowed him ſelf downe to the grounde vpon his face, ⁊ ſayde: Se lordes, turne in(I praye you) in to youre ſeruauntes houſe, and tarye all night: let youre fete be wa&#szlig;ſhen, ſo maye ye ryſe tomorow by tymes, and go youre waye. Neuertheles they ſayde: Nay, but we wyll byde in the ſtretes all night.[crossref 6] Then compelled he them ſore: and they turned in vnto him, and came in to his houſe. And he made them a feaſt, and baked ſwete cakes, and [crossref 7]they ate.
But before they wente to reſt, the men of the cite of Sodome came and compaſed the houſe rounde aboute, yonge and olde, all the people from all quarters, and called Lot, and ſayde vnto him: Where are the mē that came vnto the to night? Bringe them out here vnto vs,[crossref 8] that we maye knowe them.
B
And Lot went out at the dore vnto thē, and ſhut the dore after him, and ſayde: O brethren, do not ſo wickedly.[crossref 9] Beholde, I haue two doughters, which yet haue knowne no man: them will I brynge out vnto you, do with them as it liketh you. Onely do nothinge vnto theſe men of God, for therfore are they come vnder the ſhadowe of my rofe. But they ſayde: Come thou hither. Then
- ↑ 1. Pet. 3. a
Eccli. 25. a - ↑ 4. Re. 4. b
Ro. 9. a - ↑ Eze. 16. e
- ↑ Ion. 1. a
- ↑ Gen. 2. b
- ↑ Luc. 14. c and 24. c
- ↑ Tob. 12. c
- ↑ Leui. 18. c
- ↑ Iudic. 19. c
*As ſoone as the frute cā lyue.
