<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to Abraham<n id="1" /> by the oaks<n id="2" /> of Mamre while<n id="3" /> he was sitting at the entrance<n id="4" /> to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph&#8217;s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

One of them<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;I will surely return<n id="2" /> to you when the season comes round again,<n id="3" /> and your wife Sarah will have a son!&#8221;<n id="4" /> (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.<n id="5" />

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest,<n id="1" /> with blindness. The men outside<n id="2" /> wore themselves out trying to find the door.