NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Genesis 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
The Son of Promise
A Son Is Promised
(Heb. 13:2 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:1 - Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre,[fn] as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - “Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - “And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 - Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:16 - Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - “since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - “For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - “I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - “Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - So the LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Alon Mamre
Literally the manner of women had ceased to be with Sarah
NKJV

New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan