Genesis 18:4

wash your feet.. common practice to this day; needed from use of sandals and bare feet; Compare Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Visit of the Lord to Abraham 2. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body in token of respect to God or man. The attitude varies f...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

At the midday siesta Abraham suddenly becomes aware that three men are standing near his tent. That they appear with such mysterious suddenness does...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reaso...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: Let a little water - be fetched, and wash your fe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wash your feet— It was a custom to wash the feet of guests, deduced from the earliest times to the apostles' days; see ch. Genesis 19:2 . Genesis...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, [Hebr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Visit of the Angels to Abraham. The Judgment of Sodom announced. Abraham intercedes on its Behalf In this beautiful narrative the writer dwell...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wash your feet. — This is the first necessity of Oriental hospitality ( Judges 19:21 ), not merely because the feet, protected only by sandals, are...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION FOR SODOM Genesis 18:1-33 THE scene with which this chapter opens is one familiar to the observer of nomad life in the E...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abraham Entertains Heavenly Visitors Genesis 18:1-15 The Son of God is the central figure here. He loves the homes of men. It has ever been His...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the account of the sixth appearance of God to Abraham. In it four phases of relationship between God and Abraham are revealed. God visited Ab...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: Washing the feet in Eastern countries, was part...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 goin...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A DIVINE VISITATION Though previous to this chapter we read twice of the Lord appearing to Abraham (ch.13:7; 17:1), we are not told in what way He...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Interview with the Angels. B. C. 1898....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 to travel eithe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 w...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 und...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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. Ge...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 DU...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 18:1 And the Lord — Jehovah , the Divine name employed throughout the present and succeeding chapters, which are accord...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abraham welcomes the Lord and the Angels
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

wash your feet. Genesis 19:2 Genesis 24:32 Genesis 43:24 1 Samuel 25:41 Luke 7:44 John 13:5-15 1 Timothy 5:10 tree.

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Related Commentaries of Genesis 18:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 18:4