Genesis Chapter 18 verse 4 Holy Bible
let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:
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Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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Let a little water, I pray you, be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
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Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Let a little water, I pray yon, be fetched, and wash your feet. Feet washing was a necessary part of Oriental hospitality (cf. Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24). "Among the ancient Egyptians the basins kept in the houses of the rich for this purpose were sometimes of gold" (Freeman, Bible Manners, 'Homiletic Quarterly,' vol. 1. p. 78). "In India it is considered a necessary part of hospitality to wash the feet and ankles of the weary traveler, and even in Palestine this interesting custom is not extinct. Dr. Robinson and party on arriving at Ramleh repaired to the abode of a wealthy Arab, where the ceremony was performed in the genuine style of ancient Oriental hospitality (vide Kitto's 'Bible Illustrations,' vol. 1. p. 230). And rest yourselves (literally, recline by resting on the elbow) under the tree.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Wash your feet.--This is the first necessity of Oriental hospitality (Judges 19:21), not merely because the feet, protected only by sandals, are soiled by the dirt of the roads, but because it cools the whole body, and allays the feverishness caused by the heat of travelling. Thus refreshed they are "to rest," Heb., to lay themselves down, in the shade.
