Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, wash your feet, and rest yourselves 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
3He said, “Lord, if I have found favor in your eyes, do not pass by and leave your servant.
Cross References
Genesis 19:2He said, “Please my masters, I urge you to turn aside into your servant's house, stay for the night, and wash your feet. Then you can rise up early and go on your way.” They replied, “No, we will spend the night in the town square.”
Genesis 43:24The steward took the men into Joseph's house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave feed to their donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:41She arose, bowed herself with her face to the ground, and said, “See, your female servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my master.”
John 13:5Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and dry them with the towel that he had put around himself.
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 →