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Ramban on Genesis 18:7/רמב"ן על בראשית י״ח:ז׳
אוְטַעַם וְאֶל הַבָּקָר רָץ אַבְרָהָם לְהַגִּיד רֹב חִשְׁקוֹ בִּנְדִיבוּת, כִּי הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בְּבֵיתוֹ שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב, וְהוּא זָקֵן מְאֹד וְחָלוּשׁ בְּמִילָתוֹ, הָלַךְ הוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ אֶל אֹהֶל שָׂרָה לְזָרֵז אוֹתָהּ בַּעֲשִׂיַּת הַלֶּחֶם, וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן רָץ אֶל מְקוֹם הַבָּקָר לְבַקֵּר מִשָּׁם בֶּן בָּקָר רַךְ וָטוֹב לַעֲשׂוֹת לְאוֹרְחָיו, וְלֹא עָשָׂה כָּל זֶה עַל יַד אֶחָד מִמְּשָׁרְתָיו הָעוֹמְדִים לְפָנָיו:
1AND ABRAHAM RAN UNTO THE HERD. The purport thereof is to tell us of his great desire to bestow kindness. This great man had three hundred and eighteen men88 in his house, each one a swordsman, and he was very old and weakened by his circumcision, yet he went personally to Sarah’s tent to urge her in the making of the bread, and afterwards he ran to the place of the herd to chose a calf, tender and good, to prepare for his guests, and he did not have all these done by means of one of his servants who stood ready to serve him.