Bread: The Principal Food Used by the Ancients

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Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort you your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said.
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Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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Genesis 27:17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
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Judges 19:5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said to his son in law, Comfort your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
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Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures ...
... it with greater strictness and severity as one of the principal duties, and ... Nor did
they differ less in the kind of food: some used only bread and water ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 12 of the discipline.htm

The Nile and Egypt
... to numbers, discovered that there were seven principal branches, and ... OF SETI I. AT
ABYDOS BRINGING FOOD TO EVERY ... earth-god, is enamoured of bread,"Napri, the ...
/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm

A Christmas Question
... This morning, however, the principal object of my discourse ... brothers and sisters
have we the bread which endureth to ... a robe, and another some delicacy for food. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/a christmas question.htm

Of the Sacraments.
... This chapter consists of two principal parts,"I. Of sacraments in ... warmth to the world,
and yet bread, sun, and ... We also this day receive visible food; but the ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 14 of the sacraments.htm

Concerning the Communion, or Participation of the Body and Blood ...
... made partakers of the spiritual food and water ... Sacramentum; venerabile altaris
Sacramentum; the principal seal of ... use of water-baptism [1218] and bread and wine ...
/.../proposition xiii concerning the communion.htm

Of Vows. The Miserable Entanglements Caused by Vowing Rashly.
... on the ground, their drink was water, their food bread, herbs, and ... of dress, in the
kind of food, or in ... Our monks place the principal part of their holiness in ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 13 of vows the.htm

Of the Lord's Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It.
... 4. Therefore, it is not the principal part of a sacrament ... us in respect of place,
should be food to us ... into body, not that properly instead of bread it becomes ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 17 of the lords.htm

The Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... Bullinger was one of the principal authors of the ... action, and its repetition in breaking
bread, and distributing ... we should abstain from all such food or drink ...
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Homilies on the Statues.
... Bread, consecrated, reservation of for sick, [669]384, n ... Hunger, gives relish to
food, [1327]351 ... Meal, [1536]399, n.; principal among the Romans was supper, [1537 ...
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A Discourse of Mercifulness
... Every bit of bread you eat, the hand of mercy ... the trees of the sanctuary both for
food and medicine ... The interest comes to infinitely more than the principal. ...
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Subtopics

Bread

Bread by Idolaters

Bread in Times of Scarcity, Sold by Weight

Bread of Christ

Bread was Baked in Ovens

Bread was Baked: On Coals of Fire

Bread was Baked: On Hearths

Bread was Formed Into: Cakes

Bread was Formed Into: Loaves

Bread was Formed Into: Wafers

Bread was Kneaded