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BSB Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
OEB Then Abraham took curd and milk, with the calf that he had prepared, and served them; and he waited on them under the tree, while they ate.
WEB He 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.
WMB (Same as above)
NET 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.
LSV and he takes butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he has prepared, and sets before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they eat.
FBV Then he took some yogurt, milk, and the cooked meat, and placed the food in front of them. He stood nearby under a tree while they ate.
T4T When the meat was cooked, Abraham brought some curds and milk and the meat that had been prepared, and set them in front of his visitors. Then he stood near them, under a tree, while they ate.
LEB Then he took curds and milk, and the calf which he prepared, and set it before them. And he was standing by them under the tree while[fn] they ate.
BBE 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.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And he took curd, 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.
ASV And 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.
DRA 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.
YLT and 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.
DBY And 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.
RV And 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.
WBS And 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.
KJB-1769 And 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.
KJB-1611 And he tooke butter, and milke, and the calfe which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them vnder the tree: and they did eate.
(And he took butter, and milke, and the calfe which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree: and they did eat.)
BB And he toke butter and mylke, and the calfe which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stoode hym selfe by them vnder the tree: & they dyd eate.
(And he took butter and mylke, and the calfe which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stood himself by them under the tree: and they did eat.)
GNV And he tooke butter and milke, and the calfe, which he had prepared, and set before them, and stoode himselfe by them vnder the tree, and they did eate.
(And he took butter and milke, and the calfe, which he had prepared, and set before them, and stood himself by them under the tree, and they did eat. )
CB And he toke butter and mylke and of the calfe that he had prepared, and set it before the, stode him self by them vnder the tre, & they ate.
(And he took butter and milk and of the calfe that he had prepared, and set it before them, stood him self by them under the tree, and they ate.)
WYC and he took botere, and mylk, and the calf which he hadde sode, and settide bifore hem; forsothe Abraham stood bisidis hem vndur the tre.
(and he took botere, and mylk, and the calf which he had sode, and set before hem; forsothe Abraham stood beside them under the tre.)
LUT Und er trug auf Butter und Milch und von dem Kalbe, das er zubereitet hatte, und setzte es ihnen vor und trat vor sie unter dem Baum, und sie aßen.
(And he wore on Butter and Milch and from to_him Kalbe, the he zubereitet hatte, and sat it ihnen before/in_front_of and stepped before/in_front_of they/she/them under to_him Baum, and they/she/them aßen.)
CLV Tulit quoque butyrum et lac, et vitulum quem coxerat, et posuit coram eis: ipse vero stabat juxta eos sub arbore.[fn]
(Tulit quoque butyrum and lac, and vitulum which coxerat, and posuit coram eis: himself vero stabat next_to them under arbore. )
BRN And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.
BrLXX Ἔλαβε δὲ βούτυρον, καὶ γάλα, καὶ τὸ μοσχάριον ὃ ἐποίησε, καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔφαγον· αὐτὸς δὲ παρειστήκει αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον.
(Elabe de bouturon, kai gala, kai to mosⱪarion ho epoiaʸse, kai parethaʸken autois, kai efagon; autos de pareistaʸkei autois hupo to dendron. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
and=he/it_took
Make sure that your translation of this phrase refers to Abraham, not his servant. Alternate translation: “Then he got”
חֶמְאָ֜ה
curds
This term refers to churned, fermented milk that has curdled. Alternate translation: “some curds”
וְחָלָ֗ב
and,milk
Alternate translation: “along with milk” or “as well as milk”
וּבֶן הַבָּקָר֙
and,calf_of the,herd
Alternate translation: “and the meat from the calf”
אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה
which/who he/it_had_made
Alternate translation: “that he had his servant prepare,” or “that the servant had cooked”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם
and=he/it_gave before,face/front,them
Since verse 2 was the last time the three men were mentioned, it may be clearer and more natural to make them explicit here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “and he served all of it to the three men to eat.” or “and he set it all before his three guests to eat.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ
and,ate
As the host, Abraham stood nearby his guests in order to wait on them and make sure they had everything that they needed. Alternate translation: “and waited on them while they ate.”
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Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed
Genesis 18-19
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.