Génesis 18:4

4 Haré que les traigan un poco de agua para que ustedes se laven los pies, y luego podrán descansar 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 Abraham alzó la vista, y vio a tres hombres de pie cerca de él. Al verlos, corrió desde la entrada de la carpa a saludarlos. Inclinándose hasta el suelo,
3 dijo:—Mi señor, si este servidor suyo cuenta con su favor, le ruego que no me pase de largo.
4 Haré que les traigan un poco de agua para que ustedes se laven los pies, y luego podrán descansar bajo el árbol.
5 Ya que han pasado por donde está su servidor, déjenme traerles algo de comer para que se sientan mejor antes de seguir su camino.—¡Está bien —respondieron ellos—, hazlo así!
6 Abraham fue rápidamente a la carpa donde estaba Sara, y le dijo:—¡Date prisa! Toma unos veinte kilos de harina fina, amásalos y haz unos panes.
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