So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[a] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.(A) They pour out drink offerings(B) to other gods to arouse(C) my anger.

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They are all adulterers,(A)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

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