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And he left off talking with him, and God went vp from Abraham.

And he lift vp his eyes and looked, and loe, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, hee ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed himselfe toward the ground,

And said, My LORD, If now I haue found fauour in thy sight, passe not away, I pray thee, frō thy seruant:

¶ And the men rose vp from thence, and looked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way.

And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I doe;

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodome: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

That be farre from thee, to do after this maner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the Iudge of all the earth doe right?

¶ But before they lay downe, the men of the citie, euen the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and yong, all the people from euery quarter.

Then the LORD rained vpon Sodome & vpon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heauen.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 29.23. luk. 17.29. isa. 13.19. ier. 50.40. amos 4.11. iude 7.

¶ But his wife looked backe from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.