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Genesis 18:7

Abraham
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5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

6 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”

Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

8 Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
KJV
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.
WEB
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
ASV
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.
DARBY
And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave [it] to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.
BLB
And Abraham ran to the herd, and he took a tender and good son of the herd and gave [it] to the young man, and he hurried to prepare it.
ÅB
Og selv sprang Abraham bort til buskapen og hentet en fin og god kalv; den gav han til drengen, og han skyndte seg å lage den til.
OTB
Deretter løp han til buskapen, valgte ut en mør og fin kalv, og ga den til en tjener, som skyndte seg å tilberede den.
B1930
Og selv sprang Abraham bort til buskapen og hentet en fin og god kalv; den gav han til drengen, og han skyndte sig å lage den til.

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Cross references

  • Judges 13:15–16

    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

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  • Matthew 22:4

    Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

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  • Luke 15:27

    ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

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  • Amos 6:4

    You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

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  • Luke 15:30

    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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  • Malachi 1:14

    “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

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  • Genesis 19:3

    But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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  • Luke 15:23

    Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

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