1 When 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had told me these things, I thought of my son Yishma’ĕl and I prayed, O Elohim, grant that Yishma’ĕl might live uprightly before You. 2 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim replied, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son and you shall call his name Yitsḥaq and I will Read more
1Three months later 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 sent to me three of His ministering messengers who were qodesh men of Elohim from the city of Ḥanoḵ. 2 For I was sitting at the door of my tent and I lifted up my eyes from my meditations, and behold, three men in the distance Read more
1 When they had eaten, one of the qodesh men said to me, We shall return to you nine months, and behold, at that time Sarah shall bear a son. 2 Now, Sarah was listening at the door of the tent, and when she heard these words, she laughed within Read more
1 Then the three qodesh men of Elohim departed from our camp, and I walked with them to bring them on their way toward Seḏom. 2 And the one who had before spoken, said to me, Aḇraham, we are from the city of Ḥanoḵ and are ordained after the qodesh Read more
1 But I remained a long time where they had departed from me thinking on the things they had said, for it grieved my heart that these great cities with all their inhabitants should be destroyed. 2 Wherefore, I, too, went down to the vicinity of Seḏom and I called Read more
1 Nevertheless, I ventured to speak before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 again, for I know that all His Ways are just. 2 And I said unto Him, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, suppose there shall lack but five of the fifty righteous. Will You destroy the whole land for the lack of five men? 3 And Read more
1 This is the account which Lot told to me, Aḇraham, concerning the coming of the three messengers to him in Seḏom. 2 For Lot was sitting in the door of his house in the city of Seḏom conversing with two of his sons-in-law who were Seḏomites, when he saw Read more
1 When Lot’s two sons-in-law saw him take the strangers into his home, they went straightway to the magistrates of the city for it was unlawful in the city of Seḏom to entertain a stranger in your home. 2 Wherefore, the people of Seḏom surrounded Lot’s house, both young and Read more
1 And one of these qodesh men said to Lot, Take now all that appertain to you, whether persons or goods, out of this city, for the wrath of Elohim is upon this place and tomorrow it shall be destroyed because the cries of those who have been abused here Read more
1 When morning came, the men of Elohim hastened Lot saying, Arise, take your wives and your daughters who are here with you in the house and depart now lest you be consumed by the wrath of Elohim which shall be visited upon the iniquities of Seḏom. 2 And while Read more