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SILENT
RETURN
CAPTIVITY
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed •
GENESIS 19:1-29
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting
there, and when he saw them, he stood up to
meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed
with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said,
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18:6 Hebrew 3 seahs, about half a bushel or 22 liters.
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BEGINNING
Then the men got up from their meal and
looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
17 “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?”
the Lord asked. 18 “For Abraham will certainly
become a great and mighty nation, and all the
nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
19 I have singled him out so that he will direct his
sons and their families to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will
do for Abraham all that I have promised.”
20 So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a
great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant. 21 I am going down
to see if their actions are as wicked as I have
heard. If not, I want to know.”
MISSIONS
GENESIS 18:16-33
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CHURCH
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom •
JANUARY 6
22 The other men turned and headed toward
Sodom, but the Lord remained with Abraham.
23Abraham approached him and said, “Will you
sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?
24 Suppose you find fifty righteous people living
there in the city—will you still sweep it away
and not spare it for their sakes? 25 Surely you
wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would
be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly
the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should
not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
26 And the Lord replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire
city for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have
begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even
though I am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there
are only forty-five righteous people rather than
fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of
five?”
And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it if I
find forty-five righteous people there.”
29 Then Abraham pressed his request further.
“Suppose there are only forty?”
And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for
the sake of the forty.”
30 “Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham
pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty
righteous people are found?”
And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it if
I find thirty.”
31 Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to
speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose
there are only twenty?”
And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy
it for the sake of the twenty.”
32 Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t
be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy
it for the sake of the ten.”
33 When the Lord had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and
Abraham returned to his tent.
GOSPEL
you’ve honored your servant with this visit, let
me prepare some food to refresh you before you
continue on your journey.”
“All right,” they said. “Do as you have said.”
6 So Abraham ran back to the tent and said
to Sarah, “Hurry! Get three large measures* of
your best flour, knead it into dough, and bake
some bread.” 7 Then Abraham ran out to the
herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his
servant, who quickly prepared it. 8 When the
food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and
milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to
the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them
in the shade of the trees.
9 “Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors
asked.
“She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied.
10 Then one of them said, “I will return to you
about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah,
will have a son!”
Sarah was listening to this conversation from
the tent. 11Abraham and Sarah were both very
old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age
of having children. 12 So she laughed silently to
herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman
like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my
master—my husband—is also so old?”
13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why
did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old
woman like me have a baby?’ 14 Is anything too
hard for the Lord? I will return about this time
next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying,
“I didn’t laugh.”
But the Lord said, “No, you did laugh.”
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