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BrLXXΚαὶ εἰς τὰς βόας ἔδραμεν Ἁβραὰμ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἁπαλὸν μοσχάριον καὶ καλὸν, καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ παιδὶ, καὶ ἐτάχυνε τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτό. (Kai eis tas boas edramen Habraʼam, kai elaben hapalon mosⱪarion kai kalon, kai edōke tōi paidi, kai etaⱪune tou poiaʸsai auto. )
BrTrAnd Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.
ULTThen Abraham ran to the herd and selected a tender and choice calf. Then he gave it to a servant and he hurried to prepare it.
USTThen he ran outside to his herd of cattle and chose one of his best calves that would be good to eat. Then he took it to one of his servants, and the servant quickly butchered it and cooked it.
BSB § Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
OEBAbraham also ran to the herd, and took a calf that was tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he prepared it quickly.
WEBBEAbraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
NETThen Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
LSVand Abraham ran to the herd, and takes a son of the herd, tender and good, and gives to the young man, and he hurries to prepare it;
FBVThen Abraham ran to the cattle herd and chose a good, young calf and gave it to his servant who quickly killed and cooked it.
T4TThen he ran to the herd of cattle and selected a calf whose meat would be tender and tasty. He gave it to one of his servants and told him to quickly kill it and cook it.
LEBAnd Abraham ran to the cattle and took a calf,[fn] tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he made haste to prepare it.
JPSAnd Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.
ASVAnd Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.
DRAAnd 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.
YLTand Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;
DrbyAnd Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave [it] to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.
RVAnd Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.
WbstrAnd Abraham ran to the herd, and brought a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
KJB-1769And 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. (And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. )
KJB-1611And Abraham ranne vnto the heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yong man: and he hasted to dresse it. (And Abraham ran unto the heard, and fetched a calfe, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man: and he hasted to dress it.)
BshpsAnd Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once. (And Abraham running unto his beasts/animals, fetched a calfe tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.)
GnvaAnd Abraham ranne to the beastes, and tooke a tender and good calfe, and gaue it to the seruant, who hasted to make it ready. (And Abraham ran to the beasts/animals, and took a tender and good calfe, and gave it to the servant, who hasted to make it ready. )
CvdlAnd he ranne to the beastes, & fet a calf that was tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yonge man, which made it ready at once. (And he ran to the beasts/animals, and fetched a calf that was tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, which made it ready at once.)
WyclForsothe he ran to the droue of beestis, and took therof a calf moost tendre and best, and yaf to a child, which hastide, and sethede the calfe; (Forsothe he ran to the drove of beasts/animals, and took thereof a calf most tender and best, and gave to a child, which hasted, and sethede the calfe;)
LuthEr aber lief zu den Rindern und holete ein zart gut Kalb und gab‘s dem Knaben; der eilete und bereitete es zu (He but ran to the cattle and holete a zart good Kalb and gab‘s to_him Knaben; the/of_the rushed and prepared it zu)
ClVgIpse vero ad armentum cucurrit, et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum, deditque puero: qui festinavit et coxit illum.[fn] (Exactly_that vero to armentum cucurrit, and took inde vitulum tenerrimum and optimum, he_gaveque puero: who festinavit and coxit illum. )
18.7Vitulum tenerrimum. Vitulus tener et saginatus Christi corpus est, quod pro salute mundi ad arborem crucis immolatum est. Hic est vitulus qui prodigo filio occiditur.
18.7Vitulum tenerrimum. Vitulus tener and saginatus of_Christ body it_is, that for salute mundi to arborem crucis immolatum it_is. Hic it_is vitulus who prodigo filio occiditur.
18:1-15 The Lord’s visit to Abraham set the time for Isaac’s birth. The three visitors were probably the Lord and two angels (see study note on 16:7). Abraham’s peaceful and generous reception of the visitors contrasts sharply with the chaos and corruption of Sodom (ch 19). Eating together was important in making or confirming covenants; when God was ready to fulfill the covenant promise, he came in person to share a meal with Abraham. Fellowship with God has always been signified by a communal meal (see Exod 24:9-11; Matt 26:17-30//Luke 22:7-38; Acts 2:42; 1 Cor 11:20-34).
Alternate translation: “Then he hurriedly left the tent and went to his herd of cattle” or “Next he quickly went outside to his herd of cattle”
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
and=he/it_took
Alternate translation: “and picked out”
בֶּן בָּקָ֜ר רַ֤ךְ וָטוֹב֙
son_of herd tender and,choice
Alternate translation: “one of his best calves that would be tasty to eat.”
וַיִּתֵּ֣ן
and=he/it_gave
The word gave means Abram brought the calf to his servant and put him in charge of preparing its meat for a meal. Make sure your translation does not sound like the calf was a gift. Alternate translation: “Then he took the calf” or “Then he turned it over”
Make sure it is clear in your translation that this clause refers to the servant, not Abraham. Alternate translation: “and his servant quickly prepared it.” or “who quickly slaughtered it and roasted it.”
Author’s note: This article assumes that Sodom, Gomorrah, and Bela (Zoar) were located at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira, and Khirbat ash-Sheikh `Isa, respectively. The exact locations of the cities of the plain are widely debated, with the primary dispute centering around whether the cities are to be found in the northern area of the Dead Sea (since Lot headed east from Bethel [Genesis 13]) or the southern area (as the Medeba Map shows). It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the evidence to support a southern location, but many of them are well summarized here: “The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.” In addition, Eusebius in his Onomasticon describes the Dead Sea as lying between Jericho and Zoar. This author has also recently found that Eusebius notes that Nebereim (Nimrim; see Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34) is located at a village called Bennamareim (likely the site of Gomorrah on this map), which he also says is north of Zoar. Thus, if Eusebius is correct, Zoar is clearly located in the southern area of the Dead Sea, which fits very well with the location shown on this map. Also, Lot’s relocation to Sodom after moving east to the plain of the Jordan suggests that Sodom was located on the east side of the Dead Sea.
The famous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are first mentioned in Genesis 10:19 in a description of the territory of the Canaanites. The cities are mentioned again in chapter 13, which notes that while Abraham (then called Abram) was living near Bethel (also called Luz), tension began to grow between Abraham’s herders and the herders working for Abraham’s nephew Lot. To resolve the problem, Abraham suggested that he and Lot permanently part ways, and he offered Lot first choice of where to live. Lot chose to move east to the plain of the Jordan, because the land was well watered, and he eventually settled in the city of Sodom. Genesis 14 then describes how Lot was captured by four Mesopotamian kings as they attacked the cities of the plain, but Abraham rescued Lot. Sometime after this Abraham moved to the oaks of Mamre, near Hebron, and three visitors (one of whom is later called “the Lord,” and the other two “angels”) approached his tent. Abraham invited them to share a meal with him and then later accompanied them for the first part of their journey. Along the way the visitors revealed to Abraham that they were going to Sodom to destroy it for its wickedness. Abraham appealed to the Lord to spare the city if even a few righteous lived there, and the Lord agreed and went his way. The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening (Genesis 19:1), presumably the same day they left, although perhaps they actually took more than one day to travel to Sodom, because the distance from Mamre to Sodom is over 35 miles (56 km), and Scripture does not specifically note that it was the same day. The events that followed that evening are well known, and in the morning the angels compelled Lot and his family to flee the city before it was destroyed. The angels instructed them to flee to the hills, but Lot convinced them to allow him to take refuge in a small village on the plain and not destroy it. Genesis 19:23 seems to suggest that it took Lot’s family a full day and night to reach Zoar, which fits well with the 16 mile (25 km) distance from Sodom to Zoar. As they were reaching Zoar, the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur on Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, completely destroying them. As Lot’s family was still fleeing, Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. That same morning Abraham got up and went to where he had last spoken with the visitors, and when he looked out across the plain he saw columns of smoke rising from the destroyed cities. Later Lot and his daughters moved into the hills and lived in a cave, because they were afraid to remain in Zoar. Fearing they would never marry, Lot’s daughters both got their father drunk and conceived children by him, though he was unaware of it. These children became ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
