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Genesis 18:6

AbrahamSarah
The stranger and outcastServing others

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

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BSB
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
KJV
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
WEB
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
ASV
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
DARBY
And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.
BLB
And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly [take] three seahs of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes.”
ÅB
Da skyndte Abraham seg inn i teltet til Sara og sa: Skynd deg og ta tre mål fint mel; elt det og bak kaker!
OTB
Så skyndte Abraham seg inn i teltet til Sara og sa, “Skynd deg, tilbered tre mål fint mel, kna det, og lag noe brød.”
B1930
Da skyndte Abraham sig inn i teltet til Sara og sa: Skynd dig og ta tre mål fint mel; elt det og bak kaker!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:33

    Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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  • Galatians 5:13

    For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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  • Romans 12:13

    Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

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  • Hebrews 13:2

    Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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  • Luke 10:38–40

    Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

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  • 1 Peter 4:9

    Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

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  • Acts 16:15

    And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

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  • Isaiah 32:8

    But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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