Genesis 18:6

Abraham hurried back to the tent and told Sarah, “Quick! Make some bread using three large measures of the best flour. Knead the dough and bake the bread.”

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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

5Also let me bring some food so you can get your strength back before you go on your way, now that you've come to visit me here.” “That would be fine,” they answered. “Please do as you've suggested.”

7Then Abraham ran to the cattle herd and chose a good, young calf and gave it to his servant who quickly killed and cooked it.

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Cross References

Judges 6:19Gideon went and cooked a young goat, and baked some unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He carried them out and presented them to the angel under the oak tree.

2 Samuel 13:6So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon asked him, “Please have my sister Tamar come and make a couple of pancakes as I watch, and she can hand them to me to eat.”

Isaiah 32:8But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.

Luke 10:38While they were on their way, Jesus arrived at a village, and a woman called Martha invited him to her home.

Romans 12:13Share in providing for the needs of God's people, and welcome strangers with hospitality.

Hebrews 13:2Don't forget to show love for strangers too, because by doing so some have welcomed angels without knowing 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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