Hi! Welcome back to
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His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
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for joining with me today
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to read the Word of God.
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Before we do,
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so much
for preserving these stories
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all through the centuries
so that we can read about
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our brother Abraham and his
wife and how their faith in You
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and their belief in
You was counted to them as
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righteousness. We
want to be like that.
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We want to trust You so clearly
that... that nothing brings us
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anxiety, nothing disturbs
our peace and our faith.
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You have promised that faith
will come by hearing Your Word.
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So now as we hear Your words,
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strengthen us in
our walk with You.
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We love You, and thank
you for loving us. Amen.
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I am reading today
from the book of Genesis.
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We are starting in chapter 17,
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and this is the
King James version.
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And when Abram was
ninety years old and nine,
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the Lord appeared to
Abram, and said unto him,
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"I am the Almighty God;
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walk before Me,
and be thou perfect.
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And I will make My
covenant between Me and thee,
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and will multiply
thee exceedingly. "
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And Abram fell on his face:
and God talked with him, saying,
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"As for Me, behold,
My covenant is with thee,
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and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
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Neither shall thy name
any more be called Abram,
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but thy name shall be Abraham;
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for a father of many
nations have I made thee.
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And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make
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nations of thee, and
kings shall come out of thee.
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And I will establish My
covenant between me and thee
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and thy seed after
thee in their generations
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for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee,
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and to thy seed after
thee. And I will give unto thee,
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and to thy seed after thee,
the land wherein thou art a
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stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting
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possession; and I
will be their God. "
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And God said unto Abraham,
"Thou shalt keep My covenant
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therefore, thou, and thy seed
after thee in their generations.
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This is My
covenant, which ye shall keep,
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between Me and you
and thy seed after thee;
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Every man child among
you shall be circumcised.
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And ye shall circumcise
the flesh of your foreskin;
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and it shall be a token of
the covenant betwixt Me and you.
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And he that is eight days old
shall be circumcised among you,
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every man child
in your generations,
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he that is born in the
house, or bought with money
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of any stranger,
which is not of thy seed.
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He that is born in thy house,
and he that is bought with
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thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and My covenant
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shall be in your flesh
for an everlasting covenant.
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And the uncircumcised man child
whose flesh of his foreskin
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is not circumcised, that
soul shall be cut off from his
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people; he hath
broken My covenant. "
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And God said unto
Abraham, "As for Sarai thy wife,
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thou shalt not
call her name Sarai,
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but Sarah shall her name be.
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And I will bless her, and
give thee a son also of her:
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yea, I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother of nations;
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kings of people
shall be of her. "
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Then Abraham fell
upon his face, and laughed,
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and said in his heart,
"Shall a child be born unto him
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that is a hundred years old?
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and shall Sarah, that is
ninety years old, bear? "
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And Abraham said unto God,
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"O that Ishmael
might live before thee! "
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And God said, "Sarah thy wife
shall bear thee a son indeed;
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and thou shalt
call his name Isaac:
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and I will establish My covenant
with him for an everlasting
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covenant, and with
his seed after him.
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And as for
Ishmael, I have heard thee:
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Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful,
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and will
multiply him exceedingly;
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twelve princes shall he beget,
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and I will make
him a great nation.
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But My covenant will
I establish with Isaac,
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which Sarah shall bear unto thee
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at this set time
in the next year. "
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And He left off
talking with him,
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and God went up from Abraham.
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And Abraham took Ishmael his
son, and all that were born in
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his house, and all that
were bought with his money,
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every male among the
men of Abraham's house;
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and circumcised the
flesh of their foreskin in the
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selfsame day, as
God had said unto him.
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And Abraham was
ninety years old and nine,
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when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son was
thirteen years old, when he was
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circumcised in the
flesh of his foreskin.
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In the selfsame day was Abraham
circumcised and Ishmael his son.
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And all the men of his
house, born in the house,
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and bought with
money of the stranger,
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were circumcised with him.
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We are reading in Genesis
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chapter 18, and this is the
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King James version.
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And the Lord appeared unto
him in the plains of Mamre:
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and he sat in the tent
door in the heat of the day;
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And he lift up his eyes
and looked, and, behold,
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three men stood by him:
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and when he saw them, he ran
to meet them from the tent door,
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and bowed himself
toward the ground.
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And said, "My Lord, if now I
have found favor in thy sight,
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pass not away, I pray
thee, from thy servant:
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Let a little water,
I pray you, be fetched,
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and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree:
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And I will fetch a morsel
of bread, and comfort ye your
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hearts; after
that ye shall pass on:
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for therefore are ye
come to your servant. "
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And they said, "So
do, as thou has said. "
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And Abraham hastened
into the tent unto Sarah,
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and said, "Make ready quickly
three measures of fine meal,
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knead it, and make
cakes upon the hearth. "
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And Abraham ran unto the herd,
and fetched a calf tender and
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good, and gave it unto a young
man; and he hasted to dress it.
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And he took butter, and
milk, and the calf which he had
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dressed, and set it before them;
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and he stood by them under
the tree, and they did eat.
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And they said unto him,
"Where is Sarah thy wife? "
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And he said,
"Behold, in the tent. "
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And he said, "I will certainly
return unto thee according
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to the time of life; and, lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
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And Sarah heard it in the
tent door, which was behind him.
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Now Abraham and Sarah were
old and well stricken in age;
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and it ceased to be with
Sarah after the manner of women.
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Therefore Sarah
laughed within herself, saying,
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"After I am waxen old
shall I have pleasure,
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my lord being old also? "
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And the Lord said unto Abraham,
"Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
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saying, Shall I of a surety
bear a child, which am old?
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Is any thing too
hard for the Lord?
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At the time appointed
I will return unto thee,
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according to the time of life,
and Sarah shall have a son. "
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Then Sarah denied,
saying, "I laughed not; "
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for she was afraid. And He said,
"Nay; but thou didst laugh. "
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And the men rose up from
thence, and looked toward Sodom;
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and Abraham went them
to bring them on the way.
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And the Lord said, "Shall I
hide from Abraham that thing
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which I do; Seeing that Abraham
shall surely become a great
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and mighty nation, and all the
nations of the earth shall be
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blessed in him? For I
know him, that he will
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command his children
and his household after him,
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and they shall keep
the way of the Lord,
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to do justice and judgment;
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that the Lord may bring
upon Abraham that which He hath
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spoken of him. "
And the Lord said,
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"Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
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and because their
sin is very grievous;
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I will go down now, and
see whether they have done
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altogether according to the cry
of it; which is come unto Me;
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and if not, I will know. "
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And the men turned their faces
from thence, and went toward
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Sodom: but Abraham
stood yet before the Lord.
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And Abraham drew near, and said,
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"Wilt Thou also destroy
the righteous with the wicked?
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Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city:
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wilt Thou also destroy and not
spare the place for the fifty
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righteous that are therein?
That be far from Thee to do
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after this manner, to slay
the righteous with the wicked:
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and that the righteous
should be as the wicked,
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that be far from Thee:
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Shall not the Judge of
all the earth do right? "
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And the Lord said, "If I
find in Sodom fifty righteous
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within the city, then I
will spare all the place
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for their sakes. " And
Abraham answered and said,
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"Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord,
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which am but dust and ashes:
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Peradventure there shall lack
five of the fifty righteous:
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wilt Thou destroy all
the city for lack of five? "
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And He said, "If I
find there forty and five,
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I will not destroy it. "
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And he spake unto
Him yet again, and said,
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"Peradventure there
shall be forty found there. "
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And He said, "I will not
do it for forty's sake. "
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And he said unto Him, "Oh
let not the Lord be angry,
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and I will speak: Peradventure
there shall thirty be found
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there. " And He
said, "I will not do it,
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if I find thirty there.
" And he said, "Behold now,
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I have taken upon me
to speak unto the Lord:
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"Peradventure there
shall be twenty found there. "
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And He said, "I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake. "
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And he said, "Oh let
not the Lord be angry,
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and I will speak
yet but this once:
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Peradventure ten
shall be found there. "
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And He said, "I will not
destroy it for ten's sake. "
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And the Lord went His way,
as soon as he had left communing
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with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.
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Continuing with chapter 19.
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And there came two
angels to Sodom at even;
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and Lot sat in
the gate of Sodom:
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and Lot seeing them
rose up to meet them;
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and he bowed himself with
his face toward the ground;
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And he said, "Behold now,
my lords, turn in, I pray you,
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into your servant's
house, and tarry all night,
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and wash your feet, and
you shall rise up early,
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and go on your ways. "
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And they said, "Nay, but we will
abide in the street all night. "
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And he pressed
upon them greatly;
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and they turned in unto
him, and entered into his house;
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and he made them a feast,
and did bake unleavened bread,
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and they did eat.
But before they lay down,
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the men of the city,
even the men of Sodom,
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compassed the house
round, both old and young,
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all the people
from every quarter:
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And they called unto
Lot, and said unto him,
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"Where are the men which
came in to thee this night?
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Bring them out unto us,
that we may know them. "
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And Lot went out at the door
unto them, and shut the door
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after him, And said,
"I pray you, brethren,
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do not so wickedly.
Behold now, I have two daughters
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which have not known
man: let me, I pray you,
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bring them out unto you,
and do ye to them as is good
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in your eyes: only
unto these men do nothing:
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for therefore came they
under the shadow of my roof. "
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And they said, "Stand back. "
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And they said again, "This
one fellow came in to sojourn,
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and he will needs be a judge:
now will we deal worse with thee
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than with them. " And
they pressed sore upon the man,
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even Lot, and came
near to break the door.
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But the men put forth their
hand, and pulled Lot into the
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house to them,
and shut to the door.
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And they smote the men that
were at the door of the house
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with blindness,
both small and great,
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so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
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And the men said unto Lot,
"Hast thou here any besides?
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Son-in-law, and thy
sons, and thy daughters,
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and whatsoever
thou hast in the city,
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bring them out of this place:
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For we will destroy this place,
because the cry of them is waxen
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great before the
face of the Lord;
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and the Lord hath
sent us to destroy it. "
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And Lot went out, and
spake unto his sons-in-law,
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which married his
daughters, and said,
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"Up, get you out of this place;
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for the Lord will
destroy this city. "
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But he seemed as one that
mocked unto his sons-in-law.
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And when the morning arose,
then the angels hastened Lot,
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saying, "Arise, take thy
wife, and thy two daughters,
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which are here: lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity
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of the city. "
And while he lingered,
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the men laid hold upon his hand,
and upon the hand of his wife,
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and upon the hand
of his two daughters;
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the Lord being merciful unto
him: and they brought him forth,
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and set him without the city.
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And it came to pass, when they
had brought them forth abroad,
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that he said, "Escape for
thy life; look not behind thee,
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neither stay thou in all the
plain; escape to the mountain,
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lest thou be consumed. "
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And Lot said unto
them, "Oh, not so my Lord:
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Behold now, thy servant
hath found grace in Thy sight,
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and Thou has magnified Thy
mercy, which Thou has showed
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unto me in saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the
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mountain, lest some
evil take me and I die:
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Behold now, this
city is near to flee unto,
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and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither -
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is it not a little one?
- and my soul shall live. "
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And He said unto him,
"See, I have accepted thee
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concerning this thing also, that
I will not overthrow this city,
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for the which thou has spoken.
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Haste thee, escape thither;
for I cannot do any thing
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till thou be come thither.
Therefore the name of the city
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was called Zoar.
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The sun was risen upon the earth
when Lot entered into Zoar.
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Then the Lord rained down
upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
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brimstone and fire
from the Lord out of heaven;
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Thank you for joining with me.
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Please join me again next time.
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Goodbye.
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