Genesis 18:5

Overview - Genesis 18
The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.
Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son.
16 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham.
23 Abraham makes intercession for the inhabitants.
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Genesis 18:5  (King James Version)
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.
 


And I
Judges 6:18 ; 13:15 Matthew 6:11

bread
This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome.

comfort
Hebrew stay.
Judges 19:5 ; Psalms 104:15 ; Isaiah 3:1

are ye come
Hebrew ye have passed.
19:8 33:10