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Genesis 18:4

but I shall bring (thee) a little water, and your feet (can) be washed, and (so) rest ye (yourselves) under the tree;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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, Lord (or My lords), if I have found grace in thine eyes, pass thou not (by) thy servant,

5and I shall set (before you) a morsel of bread, and your heart (shall) be comforted; (and) afterward ye shall pass [forth]; for therefore (be) ye bowed (aside) to your servant. Which said (or And they said to him), Do thou as thou hast spoken.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:2and said, My lords, I beseech, bow ye [down] into the house of your servant, and dwell ye there; wash ye your feet, and in the morrowtide ye shall go into your way (or and in the morning ye shall go on your way). Which said, Nay, but we shall dwell in the street.

Genesis 43:24and when they were brought into the house, he brought (them) water, and they washed their feet, and he gave their asses meats (or and he gave some food to their donkeys).

1 Samuel 25:41And she rose up, and worshipped low to the earth (or and bowed low to the ground), and said, Lo! (let) thy servantess be into an handmaid, that she wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

John 13:5And afterward he put water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe (them) with the linen cloth, with which he was girded.

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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