Genesis 18:4
I will get a work-man to bring water so that you can wash your feet, and then you can rest in the shade of this tree.
Plain English Version
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
3Abraham said, “Sirs, please come and sit at my place for a while. Let me look after you.
Cross References
Genesis 19:2He said, “Sirs, come and stay in my house. You can wash your feet and sleep here tonight, then you can go on your way tomorrow morning.” The men said, “No, it’s all right. We will sleep outside in the park.”
Genesis 43:24and then he took all those men into Joseph’s house. He got water for them to wash their feet, and he got food for their donkeys to eat.
1 Samuel 25:41She got down on her knees to show respect, her face close to the ground, and she said, “Yes, I will go. I am happy to work for him and his men, and I will even wash their feet too.”
John 13:5Then he put some water in a bowl, and he started to wash the feet of his followers and dry them with the towel.
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 →