Genesis 18:7
Good News Translation
Then he ran to the herd and picked out a calf that was tender and fat, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to get it ready.

New Revised Standard Version
Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.

Contemporary English Version
After saying this, he rushed off to his herd of cattle and picked out one of the best calves, which his servant quickly prepared.

New American Bible
He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Genesis 19:3 He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:

Judges 13:15,16 And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee. . . .

Amos 6:4 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;

Malachi 1:14 Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

Matthew 22:4 Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come ye to the marriage.

Luke 15:23,27,30 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry: . . .

Context
The Three Visitors
6Abraham 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. 7And 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.8He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.…
Cross References
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 18:8
He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.

1 Samuel 28:24
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,

Genesis 18:6
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