Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
Then Abigail made haste. The prudence and address of his wife was the means of saving himself and family from utter destruction. She acknowledged the demand of her formidable neighbours; but, justly considering that to atone for the insolence of her husband, a greater degree of liberality had become necessary, she collected a large amount of food, accompanying it with the most valued products of the country.
Bottles - goat-skins, capable of holding a great quantity.
Parched corn, х qaaliy (H7039)]. It was customary to eat parched grain when it was fully grown, but not ripe (see the note at Leviticus 2:16; Leviticus 23:14; Ruth 2:14).
And laid them on asses, х `al (H5921) hachªmoriym (H2543)] - on the donkeys, perhaps in piles or heaps (see the note at 1 Samuel 16:20; Judges 15:16).