Genesis 18:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

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  • Gen 19:3 : 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.
  • Judg 5:25 : 25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.
  • Judg 13:15 : 15 Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
  • Neh 12:44 : 44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
  • Luke 17:8 : 8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
  • Luke 24:30 : 30 When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
  • Luke 24:43 : 43 and he took it and ate it in front of them.
  • John 12:2 : 2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:4-7
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    85%

    4Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

    5And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”

    6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah,“Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”

    7Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

  • Gen 26:30
    78%

    30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

  • Gen 18:9
    78%

    9Then they asked him,“Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied,“There, in the tent.”

  • Gen 24:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

    33When food was served, he said,“I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.”“Tell us,” Laban said.

  • Gen 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

    2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

  • Gen 19:3
    76%

    3But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

  • Gen 24:54
    74%

    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

  • Judg 19:6
    74%

    6So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl’s father said to the man,“Why not stay another night and have a good time!”

  • Judg 19:21
    73%

    21So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

  • Gen 27:17
    73%

    17Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

  • Judg 6:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.

    20God’s angel said to him,“Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.

  • 2 Kgs 4:44
    73%

    44So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as in the LORD’S message.

  • Gen 21:27
    72%

    27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

  • Gen 27:25
    71%

    25Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.

  • Gen 43:25
    71%

    25They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    71%

    23But he refused, saying,“I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

  • Gen 31:54
    71%

    54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

  • Luke 24:43
    71%

    43and he took it and ate it in front of them.

  • Gen 27:14
    70%

    14So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

  • 2 Sam 17:29
    70%

    29honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said,“The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.”

  • Gen 43:32
    70%

    32They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him.(The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)

  • Deut 32:14
    70%

    14butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.

  • 1 Sam 28:25
    70%

    25She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

  • Gen 13:18
    70%

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 21:8
    70%

    8The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.