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Genesis 18:5-8

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5 while I bring a morsel of bread, that 1you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--2since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
6 And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs[a] of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes."
7 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly.
8 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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Genesis 18:5-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 18

Another appearance of God to Abraham is here recorded; three persons are seen by him in an human form, whom he kindly invites to stop with him, and generously entertains them, Ge 18:1-8; they inquire concerning Sarah his wife, and one of them renews the promise of her bearing a son to him, which occasions laughter in her, for which she is reproved, Ge 18:9-15; upon their departure the Lord thought fit, for reasons given, to make known to Abraham his intention to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 18:16-22; when Abraham intercedes for the preservation of those cities in a most importunate and affectionate manner, Ge 18:23-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 19:5; [Psalms 104:15]
  • 2. Genesis 19:8; Genesis 33:10

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 liters
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.