Genesis 18:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

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  • Gen 19:3 : 3 But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.
  • Judg 5:25 : 25 His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.
  • Judg 13:15 : 15 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.
  • Neh 12:44 : 44 And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
  • Luke 17:8 : 8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?
  • Luke 24:30 : 30 And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.
  • Luke 24:43 : 43 And before their eyes he took a meal.
  • John 12:2 : 2 So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:4-7
    4 verses
    85%

    4 Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

    5 And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

    6 Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

    7 And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

  • 30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • 9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

  • Gen 24:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

    33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

  • Gen 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

  • 3 But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

  • 54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

  • 6 So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

  • 21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

  • 17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

  • Judg 6:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.

    20 And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.

  • 44 So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.

  • 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

  • 25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

  • 25 And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

  • 23 But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.

  • 54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

  • 43 And before their eyes he took a meal.

  • 14 So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

  • 29 And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

  • 32 And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.

  • 14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

  • 25 And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

  • 18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • 8 And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.