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The Destruction of Sodom

Three Angels visit Abraham, and the men of Sodom take it into their heads to embark on a deed so evil that the city is doomed from that moment.

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The Destruction of Sodom

By Andrey Rublev (?-?1430), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain. Source

‘The Hospitality of Abraham’ by Andrey Rublev (1360s-?1430).

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‘The Hospitality of Abraham’ by Andrey Rublev (1360s-?1430).

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By Andrey Rublev (?-?1430), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

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Abraham Receives Three Visitors

Genesis 18:1-8

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

2 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,

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

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