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.


In Context

5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.

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

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.

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.

9 And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.

10 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.

Genesis 18:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:8He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8and he taketh butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he hath prepared, and setteth before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they do eat.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.