4. I will bring some water so all of you can wash your feet. You may rest under the tree.
5. I will get some bread for you, so you can regain your strength. Then you may continue your journey.”The three men said, “That is fine. Do as you said.”
6. Abraham hurried to the tent where Sarah was. He said to her, “Hurry, prepare 20 quarts of fine flour. Make it into loaves of bread.”
7. Then Abraham ran to his cattle. He took one of his best calves and gave it to a servant. The servant hurried to kill the calf and to prepare it for food.
8. Abraham gave the three men the calf that had been cooked. He also gave them milk curds and milk. While the three men ate, he stood under the tree near them.
9. The men asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?”“There, in the tent,” said Abraham.
10. Then the Lord said, “I will certainly return to you about this time a year from now. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son.”Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.
11. Abraham and Sarah were very old. Sarah was past the age when women normally have children.
12. So she laughed to herself, “My husband and I are too old to have a baby.”
13. Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘I am too old to have a baby’?
14. Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now. And Sarah will have a son.”
15. Sarah was afraid. So she lied and said, “I didn’t laugh.”But the Lord said, “No. You did laugh.”
16. Then the men got up to leave and started out toward Sodom. Abraham walked along with them a short time to send them on their way.
17. The Lord said, “Should I tell Abraham what I am going to do now?
18. Abraham’s children will certainly become a great and powerful nation. And all nations on earth will be blessed through him.