Genesis 18

Question 1

Genesis 18:1

Answer 1

The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.

Question 2

Genesis 18:2

Answer 2

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Question 3

Genesis 18:3

Answer 3

He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.

Question 4

Genesis 18:4

Answer 4

Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.

Question 5

Genesis 18:5

Answer 5

Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way - now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

Question 6

Genesis 18:6

Answer 6

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

Question 7

Genesis 18:7

Answer 7

Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

Question 8

Genesis 18:8

Answer 8

He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

Question 9

Genesis 18:9

Answer 9

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he said.

Question 10

Genesis 18:10

Answer 10

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

Question 11

Genesis 18:11

Answer 11

Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

Question 12

Genesis 18:12

Answer 12

So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Question 13

Genesis 18:13

Answer 13

Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’

Question 14

Genesis 18:14

Answer 14

Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.”

Question 15

Genesis 18:15

Answer 15

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

Question 16

Genesis 18:16

Answer 16

When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.

Question 17

Genesis 18:17

Answer 17

Then the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Question 18

Genesis 18:18

Answer 18

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

Question 19

Genesis 18:19

Answer 19

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Question 20

Genesis 18:20

Answer 20

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

Question 21

Genesis 18:21

Answer 21

that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

Question 22

Genesis 18:22

Answer 22

The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Question 23

Genesis 18:23

Answer 23

Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Question 24

Genesis 18:24

Answer 24

What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

Question 25

Genesis 18:25

Answer 25

Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 

Question 26

Genesis 18:26

Answer 26

The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake." 

Question 27

Genesis 18:27

Answer 27

Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 

Question 28

Genesis 18:28

Answer 28

what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it." 

Question 29

Genesis 18:29

Answer 29

Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it." 

Question 30

Genesis 18:30

Answer 30

Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." 

Question 31

Genesis 18:31

Answer 31

Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?" He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it." 

Question 32

Genesis 18:32

Answer 32

Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?" He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it." 

Question 33

Genesis 18:33

Answer 33

When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.