and said, “O Lord,[a] if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. Let a (A)little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, while I bring a morsel of bread, that (B)you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—(C)since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Three seahs[b] of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:3 Or My lord
  2. Genesis 18:6 A seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 liters

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