Genesis · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Genesis 18 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 И явился ему Господь у дубравы Мамре, когда он сидел при входе в шатер [свой], во время зноя дневного.
1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 Он возвел очи свои и взглянул, и вот, три мужа стоят против него. Увидев, он побежал навстречу им от входа в шатер [свой] и поклонился до земли,
2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3 и сказал: Владыка! если я обрел благоволение пред очами Твоими, не пройди мимо раба Твоего;
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 и принесут немного воды, и омоют ноги ваши; и отдохните под сим деревом,
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 а я принесу хлеба, и вы подкрепите сердца ваши; потом пойдите [в путь свой]; так как вы идете мимо раба вашего. Они сказали: сделай так, как говоришь.
5 I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
6 И поспешил Авраам в шатер к Сарре и сказал [ей]: поскорее замеси три саты лучшей муки и сделай пресные хлебы.
6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 И побежал Авраам к стаду, и взял теленка нежного и хорошего, и дал отроку, и тот поспешил приготовить его.
7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8 И взял масла и молока и теленка приготовленного, и поставил перед ними, а сам стоял подле них под деревом. И они ели.
8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
9 И сказали ему: где Сарра, жена твоя? Он отвечал: здесь, в шатре.
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 И сказал один из них: Я опять буду у тебя в это же время [в следующем году], и будет сын у Сарры, жены твоей. А Сарра слушала у входа в шатер, сзади его.
10 He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Авраам же и Сарра были стары и в летах преклонных, и обыкновенное у женщин у Сарры прекратилось.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Сарра внутренно рассмеялась, сказав: мне ли, когда я состарилась, иметь сие утешение? и господин мой стар.
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 И сказал Господь Аврааму: отчего это [сама в себе] рассмеялась Сарра, сказав: "неужели я действительно могу родить, когда я состарилась"?
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 Есть ли что трудное для Господа? В назначенный срок буду Я у тебя в следующем году, и [будет] у Сарры сын.
14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Сарра же не призналась, а сказала: я не смеялась. Ибо она испугалась. Но Он сказал [ей]: нет, ты рассмеялась.
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 И встали те мужи и оттуда отправились к Содому [и Гоморре]; Авраам же пошел с ними, проводить их.
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 И сказал Господь: утаю ли Я от Авраама [раба Моего], что хочу делать!
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 От Авраама точно произойдет народ великий и сильный, и благословятся в нем все народы земли,
18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 ибо Я избрал его для того, чтобы он заповедал сынам своим и дому своему после себя, ходить путем Господним, творя правду и суд; и исполнит Господь над Авраамом [все], что сказал о нем.
19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
20 И сказал Господь: вопль Содомский и Гоморрский, велик он, и грех их, тяжел он весьма;
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 сойду и посмотрю, точно ли они поступают так, каков вопль на них, восходящий ко Мне, или нет; узнаю.
21 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
22 И обратились мужи оттуда и пошли в Содом; Авраам же еще стоял пред лицем Господа.
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 И подошел Авраам и сказал: неужели Ты погубишь праведного с нечестивым [и с праведником будет то же, что с нечестивым]?
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 может быть, есть в этом городе пятьдесят праведников? неужели Ты погубишь, и не пощадишь [всего] места сего ради пятидесяти праведников, [если они находятся] в нем?
24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25 не может быть, чтобы Ты поступил так, чтобы Ты погубил праведного с нечестивым, чтобы то же было с праведником, что с нечестивым; не может быть от Тебя! Судия всей земли поступит ли неправосудно?
25 May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 Господь сказал: если Я найду в городе Содоме пятьдесят праведников, то Я ради них пощажу [весь город и] все место сие.
26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Авраам сказал в ответ: вот, я решился говорить Владыке, я, прах и пепел:
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 может быть, до пятидесяти праведников недостанет пяти, неужели за недостатком пяти Ты истребишь весь город? Он сказал: не истреблю, если найду там сорок пять.
28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29 Авраам продолжал говорить с Ним и сказал: может быть, найдется там сорок? Он сказал: не сделаю того и ради сорока.
29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
30 И сказал Авраам: да не прогневается Владыка, что я буду говорить: может быть, найдется там тридцать? Он сказал: не сделаю, если найдется там тридцать.
30 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Авраам сказал: вот, я решился говорить Владыке: может быть, найдется там двадцать? Он сказал: не истреблю ради двадцати.
31 He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
32 Авраам сказал: да не прогневается Владыка, что я скажу еще однажды: может быть, найдется там десять? Он сказал: не истреблю ради десяти.
32 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
33 И пошел Господь, перестав говорить с Авраамом; Авраам же возвратился в свое место.
33 Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Sarah
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 14:13; Genesis 13:18; Genesis 48:3; Acts 7:2; Genesis 26:2
- 2 Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 19:1; Judges 13:3; Genesis 23:7
- 4 Genesis 43:24; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 19:2; Luke 7:44; 1 Samuel 25:41
- 5 Psalm 104:15; Judges 6:18; Judges 13:15; Matthew 6:11; Judges 19:5
- 6 Matthew 13:33; Galatians 5:13; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2; Luke 10:38–40
- 7 Judges 13:15–16; Matthew 22:4; Luke 15:27; Amos 6:4; Luke 15:30
- 8 Genesis 19:3; Acts 10:41; Judges 13:15; John 12:2; Revelation 3:20
- 9 Titus 2:5; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 4:9; Genesis 31:33
- 10 Genesis 21:2; Genesis 17:21; Romans 9:8–9; Genesis 17:19; 2 Kings 4:16–17
- 11 Genesis 17:17; Hebrews 11:11–12; Luke 1:36; Romans 4:18–21; Leviticus 15:19
- 12 1 Peter 3:6; Genesis 17:17; Luke 1:18–20; Genesis 21:6–7; Luke 1:34–35
- 13 John 2:25
- 14 Luke 1:37; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Jeremiah 32:27; Ephesians 3:20
- 15 Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:8; Ephesians 4:23; Psalm 44:21; John 18:25–27
- 16 Acts 21:5; Acts 15:3; Acts 20:38; 3 John 6; Romans 15:24
- 17 Amos 3:7; Psalm 25:14; John 15:15; Genesis 19:24; James 2:23
- 18 Galatians 3:8; Genesis 26:4; Galatians 3:14; Genesis 12:2–3; Genesis 22:17–18
- 19 1 Timothy 3:4–5; Deuteronomy 6:6–7; Deuteronomy 4:9–10; Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15
- 20 Genesis 19:13; Ezekiel 16:49–50; Isaiah 3:9; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 4:10
- 21 Exodus 3:8; Genesis 11:5; Joshua 22:22; Zephaniah 1:12; Deuteronomy 8:2
- 22 Genesis 19:1; 1 Timothy 2:1; Acts 7:55; Ezekiel 22:30; Jeremiah 18:20
- 23 Numbers 16:22; 2 Samuel 24:17; Genesis 20:4; Genesis 18:25; Psalm 11:4–7
- 24 Jeremiah 5:1; Isaiah 1:9; Matthew 7:13–14; Genesis 18:32; Acts 27:24
- 25 Job 8:20; Job 8:3; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 58:11; Deuteronomy 32:4
- 26 Jeremiah 5:1; Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 22:30; Isaiah 10:22
- 27 Isaiah 6:5; Genesis 3:19; Luke 5:8; Isaiah 64:8; Job 30:19
- 28 Genesis 18:26; Job 23:3–4; Numbers 14:17–19; Genesis 18:29; 1 Kings 20:32–33
- 29 Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 4:16
- 30 Psalm 10:17; Job 40:4; Isaiah 55:8–9; Hebrews 12:28–29; Psalm 89:7
- 31 Luke 11:8; Matthew 7:7; Hebrews 10:20–22; Hebrews 4:16; Luke 18:1
- 32 James 5:15–17; Judges 6:39; Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:15–16; Ephesians 3:20
- 33 Genesis 32:26; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 18:16; Genesis 31:55
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Abraham was specially honoured, and was called the friend of God; yet he, earnestly regarding the glory of God, humbly declared, "I am but dust and ashes." Moreover, it is thus written of Job, "Job was a righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." But bringing an accusation against himself, he said, "No …
Still suffer me to speak before Thy mercy--me, "dust and ashes." Suffer me to speak, for, behold, it is Thy mercy I address, and not derisive man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
So likewise He doth in Abraham's case, saying, "I will by no means hide from Abraham my servant;" to make thee know that man's kindly affection, and his care for Sodom.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
A great and honourable man was Abraham, but only great in comparison with men; and when he came before God, then speaking the truth candidly he saith, I am earth and ashes.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
I should seem tedious were I to recount all the ancient miracles, which were wrought in attestation of God's promises which He made to Abraham thousands of years ago, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. For who can but marvel that Abraham's barren wife should have given birth to a son at an …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)