Genesis 18:6 - Exposition

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures . Hebrew, three seahs, a seah being a third of an ephah, and containing 374 cubic inches each (Keil); a third of a bushel (Kalisch)— of fine meal ,—literally, of flour, fine flour ; σεμίδαλις ( LXX .); the first term when alone denoting flour of ordinary quality (cf. Le Genesis 2:1 ; Genesis 5:11 ; Numbers 7:13 )— knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth — i.e. "round unleavened cakes baked upon hot stones" (Keil).