Let a little water, I pray you, be brought, and [a]wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your ways: for therefore are ye [b]come to your servant. And they said, Do even as thou hast said.

Then Abraham made haste into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready at once three [c]measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:4 For men used because of the great heat to go bare footed in those parts.
  2. Genesis 18:5 As sent of God, that I should do my duty to you.
  3. Genesis 18:6 Hebrew, Seim.

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)

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