¹ And it came to pass after these Things, that Abraham sat in the Door of his Tent, about the going down of the Sun. ² And behold a Man, bowed^[1] Kames version: “bent”  with Age, came^[2] Kames version: “coming”  from the Way of the Wilderness, leaning on a Staff. ³ And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy Feet, and tarry all Night, and thou shalt arise early on the Morrow,^[3] Kames version: “in the morning”  and go on thy Way. ⁴ And the Man said, Nay, for I will abide under this Tree. ⁵ But Abraham pressed him greatly; so he turned, and they went into the Tent; and Abraham baked unleavend Bread, and they did eat.^[4] Cf. Genesis 19:2–3. Lot also provides them with a feast, and then the verse uses some chiasm and says “and he made them a feast and unleavened bread he baked.” Franklin doesn’t include the feast, and instead says “and he baked“ which is a form found nowhere else in the entire Tanakh. I had to construct it; there are very few verbs in Tanakh which are both פ”א and ל”ה. The only one which is in the basic vav consecutive past tense is אתה in Isaiah 41:25. So I took the form there – וַיַּאת – and replaced the tav with a pei. 

⁶ And when Abraham saw that the Man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of Heaven and Earth?^[5] Cf. Bereshit Rabbah 43:7  ⁷ And the Man answered and said, I do not worship the God thou speakest of;^[6] Kames version: “thy God”  neither do I call upon his Name; for I have made to myself a God, which abideth alway in mine House, and provideth me with all Things. ⁸ And Abraham’s Zeal was kindled against the Man; and he arose, and fell upon him, and drove him forth with Blows into the Wilderness.^[7] A reference to the iconoclasm of young Avram, attested in the popular extrabiblical tale found in Jubilees 12:12-15, Genesis Rabbah 38.13, and elsewhere, of Avram smashing his father’s idols — a tale ultimately leading to his brother Haran’s death before his father Teraḥ (in Genesis 11:27), by way of immolation in the furnace of Nimrod. 

⁹ And at Midnight^[8] Kames version omits “at Midnight”  God called unto Abraham, saying, Abraham, where is the Stranger? ¹⁰ And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy Name; therefore have I driven him out from before my Face into the Wilderness. ¹¹ And God said, Have I born with him these hundred ninety and eight Years, and nourished him, and cloathed him, notwithstanding his Rebellion against me, and couldst not thou, that^[9] Kames version: “who”  art thyself a Sinner, bear with him one Night?^[10] Cf. Jonah 4:9-11. 1774 Kames version ends here.  ¹² And Abraham said, Let not the Anger of my^[11] Kames version: “the”  Lord wax hot against his Servant. Lo, I have sinned; forgive me, I pray Thee: ¹³ And Abraham arose and went forth into the Wilderness, and sought diligently for the Man, and found him, and returned with him to his Tent; and when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the Morrow^[12] Kames version: “in the morning”  with Gifts.^[13] Cf. “with gifts” — Genesis 25:6. 1761 and 1764 Kames versions end here. 

¹⁴ And God spake again unto Abraham, saying, For this thy Sin shall thy Seed be afflicted four Hundred Years in a strange Land: ¹⁵ But for thy Repentance will I deliver them; and they shall come forth with Power, and with Gladness of Heart, and with much Substance.^[14] Cf. Genesis 15:13-14