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Genesis 18:4

The stranger and outcastServing others

2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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

5 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.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
KJV
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
WEB
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
ASV
let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
DARBY
Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
BLB
Please let a little water be brought, and wash your⁺ feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
ÅB
La oss få hente litt vann, så dere kan få vaske deres føtter, og hvil dere under treet!
OTB
La det bli hentet litt vann, så dere kan vaske føttene og hvile under treet.
B1930
La oss få hente litt vann, så I kan få tvette eders føtter, og hvil eder under treet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • 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 ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

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  • Luke 7:44

    And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:41

    And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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  • John 13:5–15

    After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:10

    Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

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