Genesis 18:6

Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

7And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

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Cross References

Judges 6:19Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.

2 Samuel 13:6So Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.

Isaiah 32:8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

Luke 10:38Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

Romans 12:13Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

Hebrews 13:2Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:2-9

Abraham's Interview with the Angels. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest… Read the whole commentary →

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