Genesis 18:1–8

Birth of Isaac Promised

¹Now ^athe Lord appeared to him by the ^1boaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

²When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three ^amen were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,

³and said, “¹My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not ²pass Your servant by.

⁴“Please let a little water be brought and ^awash your feet, and ¹rest yourselves under the tree;

⁵and I will ^1abring a piece of bread, that you may ²refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have ³visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.”

⁶So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “¹Quickly, prepare three ²measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes.”

⁷Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and ¹choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

⁸He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree ¹as they ate.