Genesis 18:8

And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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;

9And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:3But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

Judges 5:25His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

Nehemiah 12:44And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

Luke 17:8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

Luke 24:43And before their eyes he took a meal.

Acts 10:41Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

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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