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So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "I am old, and so is my lord; am I to have pleasure again?"
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ADONAI said to Avraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and ask, 'Am I really going to bear a child when I am so old?'
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Is anything too hard for ADONAI? At the time set for it, at this season next year, I will return to you; and Sarah will have a son."
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Sarah denied it, saying, "I didn't either laugh," because she was afraid. He said, "Not so - you did laugh."
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The men set out from there and looked over toward S'dom, and Avraham went with them to see them on their way.
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ADONAI said, "Should I hide from Avraham what I am about to do,
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inasmuch as Avraham is sure to become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by him?
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For I have made myself known to him, so that he will give orders to his children and to his household after him to keep the way of ADONAI and to do what is right and just, so that ADONAI may bring about for Avraham what he has promised him."
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ADONAI said, "The outcry against S'dom and 'Amora is so great and their sin so serious
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that I will now go down and see whether their deeds warrant the outcry that has reached me; if not, I will know."
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The men turned away from there and went toward S'dom, but Avraham remained standing before ADONAI.