So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Knead three measures[a] of fine flour and make bread.”[b]

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  1. 18:6 Lit three seahs; about 21 quarts
  2. 18:6 A round, thin, unleavened bread

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.”(A)

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

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.

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21 It’s like leaven[a](A) that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[b] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

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  1. 13:21 Or yeast
  2. 13:21 Lit three sata; about forty liters

21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”(A)

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  1. Luke 13:21 Or about 27 kilograms

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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A little leaven[a] leavens the whole batch of dough.

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  1. 5:9 Or yeast

“A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(A)

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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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