H9002–/וְ–v

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

וְאַבְרָהָ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

וַֽאדֹנִ֖י (וַֽ) va. “and”

And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

וַאֲנִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

וּלְשָׂרָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

וַֽיהֹוָ֖ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָצ֑וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (וָ) va. “and”

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

וַאֲדַבֵּ֔רָה (וַ) va. “and”

And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.

וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

וְל֖וֹט (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

וְלִ֙ינוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַחֲצ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

וּמַצּ֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.

וְנֵדְעָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.

וְהַדֶּ֖לֶת (וְ) ve. “and”

See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

וַעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”

But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”