Genesis 18:3

and said, Lord, if now I have found favour in thine eyes, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

In Context

2And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men standing near him. And when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to the earth,

4Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:5and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

Judges 6:19And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour in unleavened cakes: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:2-9

Abraham's Interview with the Angels. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest… Read the whole commentary →

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