Genesis 18:4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.

English Standard Version
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

New American Standard Bible
"Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree;

King James Bible
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

International Standard Version
I'll have some water brought to wash your feet while you rest under the tree.

American Standard Version
let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

Darby Bible Translation
Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Young's Literal Translation
let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;

Cross References

Luke 7:44
And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, See you this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

John 13:5
After that he pours water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Genesis 18:3
And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant:

Genesis 19:2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, No; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 24:32
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

Genesis 43:24
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:1-8 Abraham was waiting to entertain any weary traveller, for inns were not to be met with as among us. While Abraham was thus sitting, he saw three men coming. These were three heavenly beings in human bodies. Some think they were all created angels; others, that one of them was the Son of God, the Angel of the covenant. Washing the feet is customary in those hot climates, where only sandals are worn. We should not be forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares, Heb 13:2; nay, the Lord of angels himself; as we always do, when for his sake we entertain the least of his brethren. Cheerful and obliging manners in showing kindness, are great ornaments to piety. Though our condescending Lord vouchsafes not personal visits to us, yet still by his Spirit he stands at the door and knocks; when we are inclined to open, he deigns to enter; and by his gracious consolations he provides a rich feast, of which we partake with him, Re 3:20.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. My Lord, if now I have found favor—The hospitalities offered are just of the kind that are necessary and most grateful, the refreshment of water, for feet exposed to dust and heat by the sandals, being still the first observed among the pastoral people of Hebron.