And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal - [Hebrew, cª'iym (H5429)]. The seah contained six cabs, and three seahs made an ephah - i:e., about three pecks of meal, baked into unfermented or unleavened cakes, made the supply of bread on a scale equal to that of the animal food.
Make cakes upon the hearth. Bread is baked daily, and no more than is required for family use, and always by the women, commonly the wife. It is a short process. Flour mixed with water is made into dough, and being rolled out into cakes, it is placed on the earthen floor, previously heated by a fire of dried camel's dung. The fire being removed, the cakes are laid on the ground, and being covered over with hot embers, are soon baked, and eaten the moment they are taken off.