A18 A Son Is Promised To Abraham Poem by Simple Simon

At the entrance of his tent,
One hot day, Abraham sat.
He saw three wise men
And towards them, he ran.

He told them, 'Sirs, do come
And visit my humble home.
Take rest under this tree;
You'll feel fit and free.'

He gave water to wash their feet.
And taking cream, milk and meat,
He served them nice food to eat.
With pleasure, they ate neat.

They told him thereafter,
'Sarah, your wife, will deliver,
By the ninth month your son,
You can count it from now on.'

Sarah doubted his word,
As they were both too old,
To beget a son, as he told;
Yet, she wished for her own to hold.

The wise man again told,
'Is there anything too hard
To do anytime for the Lord;
Sure, you'll have your own child.'

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

Then the men went to Sodom,
Abraham too went with them,
To send them off on their way,
As the destination was far away.

To himself the Lord said,
'Nothing I'll hide,
From Abraham's view-side
Whatever I'll decide.'

'I chose him for the reason
He'll command his children
And his descendants to do,
What's right and just too.'

'He'll make them obey me.
When they surrender to me,
I'll do everything for him,
Whatever I promised him.'

Then the Lord said to Abraham,
'Against Gomorrah and Sodom,
There're accusations, some new;
I'll find out whether they're true? '

Then Abraham asked the Lord,
'Will the innocents be destroyed
With the men found guilty?
Will You for them have no pity? '

'If there're innocent fifty,
Will You pardon and show pity? '
God said, 'I'll not destroy the city
If there're innocent fifty.'

Abraham asked, 'If it's forty
Will you destroy the city? '
No, I shall not do that.
For the forty's sake, I'll protect.'

He asked, 'If it's thirty?
God said, 'Still I'll spare the city.'
He asked, 'If it's twenty?
God said, 'I won't destroy the city.'

He asked, 'If there are ten? '
God said, 'No. Not even then.'
When God assured Abraham,
Happily, he went back home.