Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Genesis 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and (c) wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
(c) For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat.
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and (c) wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
(c) For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat.
Verse Genesis 18:4. _LET A LITTLE WATER - BE FETCHED, AND WASH YOUR FEET, C._] In these verses we find a delightful picture of primitive hospitality. In those ancient times shoes such as ours were no...
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WASH YOUR FEET.. common practice to this day; needed from use of sandals and bare feet; Compare Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24....
_wash your feet_ Abraham's offer of hospitable welcome is said to be a faithful representation of the reception of a traveller by an Eastern sheikh. Here we have its various aspects of (1) the courteo...
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_LET A LITTLE WATER, I PRAY YOU, BE FETCHED, AND WASH YOUR FEET, AND REST YOURSELVES UNDER THE TREE:_ And rest yourselves under the tree, [Hebrew, _ WªHISHAA`ªNUW_ (H8172)] - and recline, by stretchi...
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The difficulty of procuring the necessaries of life when travelling in the East causes the duty of hospitality to be observed to an extent unknown to ourselves. Lane, in 'Modern Egyptians,' says that...
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יֻקַּֽח ־נָ֣א מְעַט ־מַ֔יִם וְ רַחֲצ֖וּ רַגְל
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_Wash ye, or let your feet be washed by me, or by my servants, laventur. (Menochius)_...
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LET A LITTLE WATER, I PRAY YOU, BE FETCHED, AND WASH YOUR FEET,.... Which was very refreshing to travellers in hot countries, who walked barefoot or in sandals; and this he proposes to be done by one...
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: Ver. 4. _And wash your feet._] Fouled with going barefoot; as in these parts men used to do, becaus...
_And he said, My Lord_ He addressed himself to one of the three, who seemed to have the pre-eminence, probably because of some peculiar majesty which appeared in his countenance, or the respect which...
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Abraham welcomes the Lord and the Angels...
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree;...
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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 hu...
A practice usual in those parts, GENESIS 19:2, GENESIS 24:32 43:24 1 THESSALONIANS 13:4,5 1 TIMOTHY 5:10, because they used
This chapter affords a beautiful exemplification of the results of an obedient, separated walk. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to hi...
Genesis 18:4 Please H4994 little H4592 water H4325 brought H3947 (H8714) wash H7364 (H8798) feet H7272 yourselves...
‘And he said, “My lord, if now I have found favour in your sight, pass not away I beg you from your servant. Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree....
CONTENTS: Abraham, the friend of God. Promise of the seed renewed. The plea of Sodom. CHARACTERS: God, Sarah, Abraham. CONCLUSION: The closer the believer walks with God, the more he will know of Go...
Genesis 18:1. _The plains,_ or the oak, _of Mamre,_ which became a far-famed place, because of Abraham's intercourse with the heavenly guests. Genesis 18:2. _Three men._ The manners of the east, and t...
_He took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them_ THE DUTY OF HOSPITALITY I. As A COMMON DUTY. II. AS A DUTY OF PIETY. Thus viewed, all duties are ennobled. 1....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 18:4 Although Abraham speaks of a LITTLE WATER and a MORSEL OF BREAD, he prepares a large meal. The writer of Hebr
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 18:1 The Lord appears to Abraham and announces that Sarah will bear a son, ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 18:1. In the plains of Mamre.] _Heb._ In the oaks, or in the oak-grove of Mamre. “_Mamre_ was an ally of Abram, and under the shade of his oak-grove the patriarch dwelt in the...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 18:1 AND THE LORD—_Jehovah_, the Divine name employed throughout the present and succeeding chapters, which are accordingly assigned to the Jehovist (Tuch, Bleek, Davidson, Colenso...
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day (Genesis 18:1); And it can get awfully hot. And he lifted up his eyes and he looked, and, beh...
wash your feet. Genesis 19:2 Genesis 24:32 Genesis 43:24 1 Samuel 25:41 Luk