◄ 1 Samuel 28:24 ►
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Good News Translation
The woman quickly killed a calf which she had been fattening. Then she took some flour, prepared it, and baked some bread without yeast.

New Revised Standard Version
Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house. She quickly slaughtered it, and she took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

Contemporary English Version
At once the woman killed a calf that she had been fattening up. She cooked part of the meat and baked some thin bread.

New American Bible
The woman had a stall-fed calf in the house, which she now quickly slaughtered. Then taking flour, she kneaded it and baked unleavened bread.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she made haste and killed it: and taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she made haste and killed it: and taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,

a fat calf

Genesis 18:7,8 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it. . . .

Luke 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry:

Context
Saul and the Medium of Endor
…23But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the ground, and sat upon the bed. 24Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she made haste and killed it: and taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,25And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that night.…
Cross References
Luke 15:23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry:

Luke 15:27
And he said to him: Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe.

Genesis 18:6
Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:7
And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it.

1 Samuel 28:25
And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that night.

1 Samuel 28:23
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