Génesis 18:4

4 Descansen bajo la sombra de este árbol mientras les traen agua para lavarse los pies.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Génesis 18:4 In-Context

2 Entonces levantó la vista y vio a tres hombres de pie cerca de allí. Cuando los vio, corrió a recibirlos, y se inclinó hasta el suelo en señal de bienvenida.

3 —Mi señor —dijo él—, si le agrada, deténgase aquí un rato.

4 Descansen bajo la sombra de este árbol mientras les traen agua para lavarse los pies.

5 Ya que han honrado a su siervo con esta visita, permítanme prepararles comida para que recobren fuerzas antes de continuar su viaje.
—Está bien —dijeron ellos—. Haz lo que dijiste.

6 Entonces Abraham volvió corriendo a la carpa y le dijo a Sara: «¡Apresúrate! Toma tres medidas abundantes
de la mejor harina que tengas, amásala y hornea pan».