Genesis 18:7 (WEB)
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
Catechism · 2
In the Old Testament
“Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:1-15; Lk 1:26-38.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:1-15; Lk 1:26-38. 54-55; Jn 1:12-13; Rom 4:16-21.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“Yea, the patriarch himself we admire for this, that in his own person he ran to the herd, and snatched up the calf,and that, when he had three hundred and eighteen servants born in his house.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 7.
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Jerome
“I hear that you have erected a hospice for strangers at Portus and that you have planted a twig from the tree of Abraham upon the Ausonian shore.” — editor's note: i.e. the oak of Mamre under which he entertained the three angels (Gen. xviii. 1–8).
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