Genesis 18:7 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 18:7

Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.

KJV

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf--Animal food is never provided, except for visitors of a superior rank when a kid or lamb is killed. A calf is still a higher stretch of hospitality, and it would probably be cooked as is usually done when haste is required--either by roasting it whole or by cutting it up into small pieces and broiling them on skewers over the fire.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
הַבָּקָ֖ר	ha.ba.Kar	the herd	H1241 →
רָ֣ץ	ratz	he ran	H7323 →
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
בֶּן־	ben-	a young one of	H1121 →
בָּקָ֜ר	ba.Kar	[the] herd	H1241 →
רַ֤ךְ	rakh	tender	H7390 →
וָטוֹב֙	va.tOv	and good	H2896 →
וַיִּתֵּ֣ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave [it]	H5414 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַנַּ֔עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the servant	H5288 →
וַיְמַהֵ֖ר	vay.ma.Her	and he hurried	H4116 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to prepare	H6213 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 1:14
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the…
leads to
- Acts 5:1–10
  Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4–5
  When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
  For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Psalms 76:12
  He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Malachi 1:8
  When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased…
Through
Luke 15:23
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
leads to
- Matthew 22:2–14
  “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- Psalms 63:5
  My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Isaiah 25:6
  On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.