18The Lord appeared to Abraham^b near the great trees of Mamre^c while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent^d in the heat of the day. ²Abraham looked up^e and saw three men^f standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.^g

³He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,^h my lord,^a do not pass your servantⁱ by.

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Footnotes

aOr eyes, Lord

Cross references

bSee Ge 12:7; Ac 7:2
cSee Ge 13:18
d Ge 19:1; 23:10, 18; 34:20, 24; Ru 4:1; Ps 69:12; Heb 11:9
e Ge 24:63
fver 16, 22; Ge 19:1, 10; 32:24; Jos 5:13; Jdg 13:6–11; Hos 12:3–4; Heb 13:2
gSee Ge 17:3; See 43:28
h Ge 19:19; 39:4; Ru 2:2, 10, 13; 1 Sa 1:18; Est 2:15
i Ge 32:4, 18, 20; 33:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth and said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day. He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, bowed to the ground, and said, “My lord, if I have found favor with you, please do not go on past your servant.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.

“My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was sitting in the doorway of the tent at the heat of the day. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing near him. And he saw them and ran from the doorway of the tent to meet them. And he bowed down to the ground. And he said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your eyes do not pass by your servant.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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