8. He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.
9. Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent."
10. He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.
11. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.
12. Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
13. And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?'
14. Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
15. Sarah denied it however, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."
16. Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.
17. The Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
18. since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
19. For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."
20. And the Lord said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
21. I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
22. Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord.
23. Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
24. Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?