⁴ Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

² And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

³ And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

⁴ Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

⁵ And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

⁶ Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

⁷ And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

³ And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?

⁴ And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

¹⁴ But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.