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Please let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and make yourselves comfortable under the tree. And let me bring a bit of bread so that you can refresh yourselves—then you can pass on—since you have passed by your servant.

They said, “Do just as you have said.” So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and prepare bread loaves!” Then to the herd Abraham ran and took a young ox, tender and good, and he gave it to the servant, who prepared it quickly. Then he took butter and milk and the young ox that he had prepared and set it before them. While he was standing by them under the tree, they ate.

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Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet(A) and rest under this tree. Let me get you something to eat,(B) so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”

“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[a] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”(C)

Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf(D) and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds(E) and milk(F) and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.(G) While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms