*The lord (Yahweh) appears to Abraham as one of three men. We find out in the next chapter that the other two are angels. Abraham washes their feet and gives them food. Spiritual beings have bodies and require cleansing and nourishment?
*Sarah was listening from the tent and hears the lord say that she will have a child. She laughs because she is old, just as Abraham laughed in the last chapter. The lord asks why Sarah laughed. As if he didn't know! Then he promises to return the next year when Sarah has a son.
*The lord and the two men get ready to walk on their way, but first the lord repeats the promise of Abraham being a father of many nations. Then the lord says he is on his way to Sodom and Gomorrah to check out the truth of the rumors of their bad behavior. As if he didn't already know!
*The men walk on, but the lord stays there and Abraham approaches him. Here is another person seeing the God that no one has ever seen. Abraham has a discussion with God about how many righteous people it will take for God to spare the city from destruction. It turns out ten is the minimum number. So the omnicient God leaves to go count righteous people.
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