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. Genesis 18:6 Lit three seahs; about 21 quarts
  2. Genesis 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

21 It’s like yeast(A) that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds[a] of flour until it spread through the entire mixture.”[b]

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  1. Luke 13:21 Lit 3 sata; about 40 quarts
  2. Luke 13:21 Or until all of it was leavened

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

A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.

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

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