He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
- BSB So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
- ESV So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
- NKJV So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
- NASB Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
- NLT So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.
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Quick answer
Isaac hosts a feast for them, and they eat and drink together.
Overview
Sharing a meal sealed covenants in the ancient world, expressing fellowship and goodwill. Isaac's hospitality demonstrates a peaceable, generous spirit toward former adversaries. The shared table foreshadows the deeper covenant fellowship God establishes with His people, ultimately at the table of the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Gen 19:3He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- Rom 12:18If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
- Gen 31:54Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
- Gen 21:8The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- 1 Pet 4:9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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