他们问亚伯拉罕说,你妻子撒拉在哪里。他说,在帐棚里。
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
亚伯拉罕又对他说,假若在那里见有四十个怎吗样呢。他说,为这四十个的缘故,我也不作这事。
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
那两个天使晚上到了所多玛。罗得正坐在所多玛城门口,看见他们,就起来迎接,脸伏于地下拜,
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
说,我主阿,请你们到仆人家里洗洗脚,住一夜,清早起来再走。他们说,不,我们要在街上过夜。
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
你仆人已经在你眼前蒙恩。你又向我显出莫大的慈爱,救我的性命。我不能逃到山上去,恐怕这灾祸临到我,我便死了。
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
当时,耶和华将硫磺与火从天上耶和华那里降与所多玛和蛾摩拉,
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
神在梦中对他说,我知道你作这事是心中正直。我也拦阻了你,免得你得罪我,所以我不容你沾着她。
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
亚比米勒清早起来,召了众臣仆来,将这些事都说给他们听,他们都甚惧怕。
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
亚伯拉罕说,我以为这地方的人总不惧怕神,必为我妻子的缘故杀我。
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
皮袋的水用尽了,夏甲就把孩子撇在小树底下,
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.