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Genesis 18:6

So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah,—and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do as thou hast spoken.

7And unto the herd, ran Abraham,—and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.

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Cross References

Judges 6:19So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot,—and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.

2 Samuel 13:6So Amnon took to his bed, and feigned himself ill,—and, when the king came in to see him, Amnon said unto the king—I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make ready before mine eyes a couple of cakes, that I may eat at her hand.

Isaiah 32:8But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised,—And, he, upon noble things, will stand,

Luke 10:38And, as they were journeying, he, entered into a certain village; and, a certain woman, named Martha, welcomed him into her house.

Romans 12:13With the needs of the saints, having fellowship,—hospitality, pursuing.

Hebrews 13:2Of the entertaining of strangers, be not forgetful, for, hereby, unawares, have some entertained, messengers.

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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