Genesis 18:7-8

18:7 Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, ¹  who quickly prepared it. ²  18:8 Abraham ³  then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food ⁴  before them. They ate while ⁵  he was standing near them under a tree.

[18:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the young man.”

[18:7]  ² tn The construction uses the Piel preterite, “he hurried,” followed by the infinitive construct; the two probably form a verbal hendiadys: “he quickly prepared.”

[18:8]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:8]  ⁴ tn The words “the food” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the verb has no stated object.

[18:8]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause is a temporal circumstantial clause subordinate to the main verb.