Génesis 18:4

4 Que se traiga ahora un poco de agua y lavaos los pies, y reposad bajo el árbol;

Génesis 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 18:4

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 of his servants, whose business it was, only desires they would give him leave to order it, ( 1 Samuel 25:41 ) ; and so it was usual in other countries, and in later times, for servants to fetch water to wash the hands and feet of guests F12:

and rest yourselves under the tree;
before the tent door, under which doubtless were seats to sit down upon, where they might rest their weary limbs; it is very probable this was an oak tree, and which, and a turpentine tree the ancient writers speak of, continued unto the times of Constantine, (See Gill on Genesis 13:18); and the Jewish writers say F13, that now near the city (Hebron), between the vineyards, are the oaks of Mamre, where is the house of Abraham our father, on whom be peace, and the tree under which the angels ate, and the stone on which he (Abraham) sat when he was circumcised.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 "----- dant manibus famuli lymphas." --Virgil. Aeneid. l. 1.
F13 Cippi Hebr. p. 9. Ed. Hottinger.

Génesis 18:4 In-Context

2 Cuando alzó los ojos y miró, he aquí, tres hombres estaban parados frente a él; y al verlos corrió de la puerta de la tienda a recibirlos, y se postró en tierra,
3 y dijo: Señor mío, si ahora he hallado gracia ante tus ojos, te ruego que no pases de largo junto a tu siervo.
4 Que se traiga ahora un poco de agua y lavaos los pies, y reposad bajo el árbol;
5 y yo traeré un pedazo de pan para que os alimentéis, y después sigáis adelante, puesto que habéis visitado a vuestro siervo. Y ellos dijeron: Haz así como has dicho.
6 Entonces Abraham fue de prisa a la tienda donde estaba Sara, y dijo: Apresúrate a preparar tres medidas de flor de harina, amásala y haz tortas de pan.
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