Genesis 18:4
Since you have come to your servant, let a little water be brought, so that you may wash your feet, and lie down under the tree.
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In The King James Version
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
In Context
3and said, “Sirs, if you are willing to do me a favor, do not, I beg of you, pass by your servant.
Cross References
Genesis 19:2and said, “Sirs, turn aside, I beg of you, into your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No, we will spend the night in the street.”
Genesis 43:24The steward also conducted the men to Joseph’s house and gave them water with which to wash their feet, and he gave their donkeys fodder.
John 13:5He then poured some water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel which was tied around him.
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 →