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And Sarai said to Abram, "May the violence done to me be upon you. I gave my servant-woman into your embrace, but she saw that she had conceived, so I became contemptible in her sight. May Yahweh judge between you and me."

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant-woman is in your hand; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her presence.

Moreover, the angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed so that they will be too many to be counted."

So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

so that I may confirm My covenant between Me and you,And that I may multiply you exceedingly."

So He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

and let me bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh your hearts; after that you may pass on, since in such a manner you have passed by your servant." And they said, "So you shall do, as you have said."

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Hurry, prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes."

And Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a son, when I am so old?'

For I have known him, so that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of Yahweh to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."

So Yahweh said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"

So Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account."

Yet he pressed them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

But they said, "Step aside." Furthermore, they said, "This one came to sojourn, and already he is persistently acting like a judge; now we will treat you more wickedly than them." So they pressed hard against Lot and stepped up to break the door.

And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from small to great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

for we are about to destroy this place because their outcry has become great before Yahweh, so Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of Yahweh was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city.

So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.