1 Samuel 28:24
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
- KJV
- And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
- WEB
- The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.
- ASV
- And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
- DARBY
- And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof;
- BLB
- And to the woman was a calf of the stall in the house, and she hurried and slaughtered it, and she took flour and kneaded [it] and baked it as unleavened [bread].
- ÅB
- Kvinnen hadde en gjøkalv i huset; hun skyndte seg og slaktet den, og så tok hun mel og eltet det og bakte usyrede kaker.
- OTB
- Nå hadde kvinnen en gjøkalv i huset, og hun slaktet den raskt. Og hun tok mel, knadde det, og bakte usyret brød av det.
- B1930
- Kvinnen hadde en gjøkalv i huset; hun skyndte sig og slaktet den, og så tok hun mel og eltet det og bakte usyrede kaker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 15:23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Read in contextGenesis 18:7–8
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.
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