Hebrew Bible · Genesis 18:1–8; 19:1–11
Three men who eat lunch
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And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him… and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat… And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great.
Translation: KJV
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Read it literally
The visitors look fully human, eat real food, and carry a weapon that blinds a crowd at once. Then Sodom is destroyed by 'fire from the LORD out of heaven' (19:24). Field agents with air support.
What scholars say
Read by scholars as a hospitality tale; the visitors are 'the LORD' and two angels.
