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Biblia - Sväté písmo

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Gn 18, 1-33

1 Then the Lord appeared to him, in the steep valley of Mamre, when he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. 2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground. 3 And he said: “If I, O lord, have found grace in your eyes, do not pass by your servant. 4 But I will bring a little water, and you may wash your feet and rest under the tree. 5 And I will set out a meal of bread, so that you may strengthen your heart; after this you will pass on. It is for this reason that you have turned aside to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have spoken.” 6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and he said to her, “Quickly, mix together three measures of the finest wheat flour and make loaves baked under the ashes.” 7 In truth, he himself ran to the herd, and he took a calf from there, very tender and very good, and he gave it to a servant, who hurried and boiled it. 8 Likewise, he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and he placed it before them. Yet truly, he himself stood near them under the tree. 9 And when they had eaten, they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He answered, “Behold, she is in the tent.” 10 And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent. 11 Now they were both old, and in an advanced state of life, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 And she laughed secretly, saying, 10 “After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?” 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh, saying: ‘How can I, an old woman, actually give birth?’ 14 Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.” 15 Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh.” For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, “It is not so; for you did laugh.” 16 Therefore, when the men had risen up from there, they directed their eyes against Sodom. And Abraham traveled with them, leading them. 17 And the Lord said: “How could I hide what I am about to do from Abraham, 18 since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? 19 For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.” 20 And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous. 21 I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know.” 22 And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord. 23 And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious? 24 If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it? 25 Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.” 26 And the Lord said to him, “If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them.” 27 And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes. 28 What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?” And he said, “I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there.” 29 And again he said to him, “But if forty were found there, what would you do?” He said, “I will not strike, for the sake of the forty.” 30 “I ask you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there?” He responded, “I will not act, if I find thirty there.” 31 “Since now I have begun,” he said, “I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there?” He said, “I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty.” 32 “I beg you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more. What if ten were found there?” And he said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.” 33 And the Lord departed, after he had ceased speaking to Abraham, who then returned to his place.

Verš 2

And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground.

Heb 13:2 - And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.

Verš 10

And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.

Gn 17:19 - And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.

Gn 17:21 - Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”

Gn 21:2 - And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.

Verš 11

Now they were both old, and in an advanced state of life, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Gn 17:17 - Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Rim 4:19 - And he was not weakened in faith, nor did he consider his own body to be dead (though he was then almost one hundred years old), nor the womb of Sarah to be dead.

Heb 11:11 - By faith also, Sarah herself, being barren, received the ability to conceive offspring, even though she was past that age in life. For she believed him to be faithful, who had promised.

Verš 12

And she laughed secretly, saying, 10 “After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?”

Sdc 19:26 - But the woman, as darkness was receding, came to the door of the house, where her lord was staying, and there she fell down.

1Pt 3:6 - For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance.

Verš 14

Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.”

Mt 19:26 - But Jesus, gazing at them, said to them: “With men, this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.”

Lk 1:37 - For no word will be impossible with God.”

Verš 17

And the Lord said: “How could I hide what I am about to do from Abraham,

Am 3:7 - For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

Verš 18

since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

Gn 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Gn 22:18 - And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you obeyed my voice.”

Gn 26:4 - And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

Sk 3:25 - You are sons of the prophets and of the testament which God has appointed for our fathers, saying to Abraham: ‘And by your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

Gal 3:8 - Thus Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, foretold to Abraham: “All nations shall be blessed in you.”

Verš 25

Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”

Rim 3:6 - (I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

Gn 18,1-5 - Boh zjavuje sa Abrahámovi v podobe Anjela a sprevádzajú ho ešte dvaja anjeli. Zjavenie sa odohráva na poludnie. Abrahám považoval hostí za ľudí, neskoršie v jednom poznáva Pána. Abrahám oslovuje z príchodiacich len jedného, toho najvznešenejšieho a najhlavnejšieho. Pane, hebr. adoni, je úctivé oslovenie. Seba Abrahám volá sluhom. Takto to vyžadovala orientálna zdvorilosť. Kúsok chleba je zdvorilé pozvanie na hojný obed.

Gn 18,9-14 - Aj Sára sa smeje tejto reči. Jej počínanie treba obdobne chápať ako Abrahámovo predtým (17,17). Aj Sárin smiech je alúziou na Izákovo meno.

Gn 18,15 - Tento verš je náznakom, že smiech Sárin nebol bez viny, bola tam istá pochybnosť a teraz pristupuje k tomu ešte aj lož.

Gn 18,22-25 - Lež Boh nejde sám do Sodomy, ale posiela svojich dvoch sprievodcov, anjelov. Vtedy Abrahám prihovorí sa Pánovi a vyzvedá sa o Sodome, v ktorej býva jeho synovec Lot. Hovorí sa len o Sodome, pretože ona prevyšovala svojou ohavnosťou ostatné mestá Pentapolisu a aj preto, že tam býval Lot. Obdivuhodná je pokora Abrahámova a tiež láskavá dobrota Božia. Tu máme príklad účinnosti orodovania svätých ľudí.