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Genesis 18:4

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

KJV

sed afferam pauxillum aquæ, et lavate pedes vestros, et requiescite sub arbore.

Vulgate

λημφθήτω δὴ ὕδωρ, καὶ νιψάτω τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν· καὶ καταψύξατε ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον.

LXX

let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

ASV

יֻקַּֽח נָ֣א מְעַט מַ֔יִם וְ/רַחֲצ֖וּ רַגְלֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/הִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ תַּ֥חַת הָ/עֵֽץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 247×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִשְׁעָ֣ן
nsh'n
verb · 22×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
רָחַ֥ץ
rchts
verb · 72×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
§2571Because Abraham believed in God and walked in his presence and in covenant with him,10 The patriarch is ready to welcome a mysterious Guest into his tent. Abraham's remarkable hospitality at Mamre foreshadows the annunciation of the true Son of the promise.11 After that, once God had confided his plan, Abraham's heart is attuned to his Lord's compassion for men and he dares to …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 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.
  • 1Sam 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.
  • 1Tim 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
  • 1Tim 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
  • 2Sam 11:8 — And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Gen 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
  • Gen 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
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • John 13:5 — 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.
  • John 13:5 — 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.
  • Judg 19:21 — So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
  • Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  • 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
  • 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