The Three Visitors

1And the LORde apeared vnto him in the okegrove of Mamre as he sat in his tent doze in the heate of the daye. 2And he lyfte vp his eyes and looked: ad lo thre men stode not farr from hym. And whe he sawe them he ran agenst them from the tent dore and fell to the grounde 3and sayde: LORde yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght goo not by thi seruaunte. 4Let a litle water be fett and wash youre fete and rest youre selves vnder the tree: 5And I will fett a morsell of breed to comforte youre hartes wythall. And tha goo youre wayes for even therfore ar ye come to youre servaunte. And they answered: Do even so as thou hast sayde. 6And Abraha went a pace in to his tent vnto Sara ad sayde: make redy att once thre peckes of fyne meale kneade it and make cakes. 7And Abraham ran vnto his beastes and fett a calfe that was tendre and good and gaue it vnto a yonge man which made it redy attonce. 8And he toke butter and mylcke and the calfe which he had prepared and sett it before them and stode hymselfe by them vnder the tree: and they a te.

Sarah Laughs at the Promise

9And they sayde vnto him: Where is Sara thy wife? And he sayde: in the tent. 10And he sayde: I will come agayne vnto the as soone as the frute can lyue. And loo: Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne. That herde Sara out of the tent doore which was behind his backe. 11Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wyves. 12And Sara laughed in hir selfe saynge: Now I am waxed olde shall I geue my selfe to lust and my lorde olde also? 13Than sayd the LORde vnto Abraha: wherfore doth Sara laughe saynge: shal I of a suertie bere a childe now when I am olde? 14is the thinge to harde for the LORde to do? In the tyme appoynted will I returne vnto the as soone as the frute can haue lyfe And Sara shall haue a sonne. 15Than Sara denyed it saynge: I laughed not for she was afrayde. But he sayde: yes thou laughtest.

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

16Than the men stode vp from thence ad loked towarde Sodome. And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the waye. 17And the LORde sayde: Can I hyde from Abraham that thinge which I am aboute to do 18seynge that Abraham shall be a great ad a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shalbe blessed in him? 19For I knowe him that he will commaunde his childern and his housholde after him yt they kepe the waye of the LORde to do after righte and conscyence that the LORde may brynge vppon Abraham that he hath promysed him. 20And the LORde sayde? The crie of Sodome and Gomorra is great and there synne is excedynge grevous. 21I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not that I may knowe.

22And the me departed thece and went to Sodomeward. But Abraham stode yet before ye LORde 23and drewe nere and saydeWylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked? 24Yf there be .l. rightwes within the cyte wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. rightwes that are therin? 25That be farre from the that thou shuldest do after thys maner to sley the rightwes with the weked ad that the rightwes shulde be as the weked: that befarre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all ye worlde do acordynge to righte? 26And the LORde sayde: Yf I fynde in Sodome .l. rightwes within the cyte I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27And Abraham answered and sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto ye LORde ad yet am but dust ad asshes. 28What though there lacke .v. of .l. rightwes wylt thou destroy all the cyte for lacke of .v? And he sayde: Yf I fynde there .xl. and .v. I will not destroy them. 29And he spake vnto him yet agayne and sayde: what yf there be .xl. foude there: And he sayde: I wyll not do it for forties sake. 30And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake. What yf there be foude .xxx. there? And he sayde: I will not do it yf I finde .xxx. there. 31And be sayde: Oh se I haue begonne to speake vnto my LORde what yf there be .xx. founde there? And he sayde: I will not distroy the for tweties sake. 32And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake yet but eue once more only. What yf ten be founde there?. And he sayde: I will not destroy the for .x. sake. 33And the LORde wet his waye as soone as he had lefte comenynge with Abraha. And Abraham returned vnto his place