Genesis 18:5
 Genesis 18:5 
New International Version (© 2011)
Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way--now that you have come to your servant." "Very well," they answered, "do as you say."

King James Bible
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

American Standard Version
and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Young's Literal Translation
and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, 'So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'

Genesis 18:5 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

I will fetch a morsel of bread - This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome. The strong action of the lungs and heart should have time to diminish before any food is received into the stomach, as otherwise concoction is prevented, and fever in a less or greater degree produced.

For therefore are ye come - In those ancient days every traveler conceived he had a right to refreshment, when he needed it, at the first tent he met with on his journey.

So do as thou hast said - How exceedingly simple was all this! On neither side is there any compliment but such as a generous heart and sound sense dictate.

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Judges 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come to you, and bring forth my present, and set it before you. And he said...

Judges 13:15 And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we shall have made ready a kid for you.

Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

bread. This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome.

comfort. Heb. stay.

Judges 19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart...

Psalm 104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.

Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread...

are ye come. Heb. ye have passed.

Genesis 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you...

Genesis 33:10 And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand...

Genesis 18:5 Parallel Commentaries
Afterwards Bit Bread Comfort Fetch Forasmuch Heart Hearts Mayest Morsel Passed Piece Refresh Servant Strength Support Thou Visited Way Yourselves
Afterwards Bit Bread Comfort Fetch Forasmuch Heart Hearts Mayest Morsel Passed Piece Refresh Servant Strength Support Thou Visited Way Yourselves
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Genesis 18:6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread."
Judges 6:18 Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you." And the LORD said, "I will wait until you return."
Judges 6:19 Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.
Judges 13:15 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you."
Judges 13:16 The angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
Judges 19:5 On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with something to eat; then you can go."
Psalm 104:15 wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.