The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
Parallel translations
- WEB The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.
- KJV And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
- NKJV Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it. And she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.
- NASB Now the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; then she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.
- NLT The woman had been fattening a calf, so she hurried out and killed it. She took some flour, kneaded it into dough and baked unleavened bread.
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Quick answer
The woman quickly slaughters a fattened calf and bakes unleavened bread. She prepares a generous meal for the doomed king.
Overview
Acting in haste, the medium provides her best, killing a fattened calf and baking fresh bread. Her hospitality, lavish under the circumstances, offers a final earthly kindness to Saul. The provision underscores the human pathos of the king's last night before death.
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Cross-references · 2
- Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
- Gen 18:7–8Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
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