Genesis 18:5-7

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⁵And I will bring a piece of bread to refresh and sustain ^[a]you; after that you may go on, since you have come to your servant.” And they replied, “Do as you have said.” ⁶So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly, get ready three ^[b]measures of fine meal, knead it and bake cakes.” ⁷Abraham also ran to the herd and brought a calf, tender and choice, and he gave it to the servant [to butcher], and he hurried to prepare it.

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Footnotes

Genesis 18:5 Lit your heart.
Genesis 18:6 Heb seim, plural of seah; since one seah equals about nine quarts, this was a large quantity. However, Abraham was asking Sarah to make cakes of bread which actually could be baked quickly because they were similar to pizza dough, that is, large, round, and flat. Together with the other food that Abraham provided (vv 7, 8), his promise of “a piece of bread” in v 5 was greatly understated, and the generous meal reflected the respect that he held for his special visitors.