Genesis 18:8

And he toke butter and mylcke and the calfe which he had prepared and sett it before them and stode hymselfe by them vnder the tree: and they ate.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 Abraham ran vnto his beastes and fett a calfe that was tendre and good and gaue it vnto a yonge man which made it redy attonce.

9And they sayde vnto him: Where is Sara thy wife? And he sayde: in the tent.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:3And he copelled them excedyngly. And they turned in vnto hym and entred in to his house and he made them a feaste and dyd bake swete cakes and they ate.

Luke 17:8and wolde not rather saye to him dresse wherwith I maye sup and gyrde vp thy selfe and serve me tyll I have eaten and dronken: and afterwarde eate thou and drinke thou?

Luke 24:43And he toke it and ate it before them.

Acts 10:41not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosyn before of God which ate and dronke with him after he arose from deeth.

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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