Gen 18:5, 19:2-3, 24:31-33, 29:13, 31:54, 43:25, Job 31:32, 42:11 | TSK | STEP | And I. bread.This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome. comfort. Heb. stay. are ye come. Heb. ye have passed.

Genesis 18:5

And I.

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

comfort. Heb. stay.

Jud 19:5; Ps 104:15; Isa 3:1

are ye come. Heb. ye have passed.

19:8; 33:10

Genesis 19:2-3

turn.

Heb 13:2

wash.

18:4

Nay.Instead of lo, nay, some MSS. have lo, to him. "And they said unto him, for we lodge in the street;" where, nevertheless, the negation is understood. Knowing the disposition of the inhabitants, and appearing in the character of mere travellers, they preferred the open street to any house; but not yet willing to make themselves known, as Lot pressed them vehemently, and as they knew him to be a righteous man, they consented to take shelter under his hospitable roof.

Jud 19:17-21; Lu 24:28,29; Ac 16:15

pressed.

2Ki 4:8; Lu 11:8; 14:23; 24:28,29; 2Co 5:14

a feast.

18:6-8; 21:8; Lu 5:29; Joh 12:2; Heb 13:2

unleavened.

18:6; Ex 12:15,39; Jud 6:19; 1Sa 28:24; 1Co 5:8

Genesis 24:31-33

thou.

26:29; Jud 17:2; Ru 3:10; Ps 115:15; Pr 17:8; 18:16

for I.

he ungirded. i.e., Laban ungirded. straw.Straw, by the eastern mode of threshing, was cut or shattered, and reduced to a kind of chaff. With this, sometimes mixed with a little barley, the eastern people still feed their labouring beasts, as they anciently did.

wash.

18:4; 19:2; 43:24; Jud 19:21; 1Sa 25:41; Lu 7:44; Joh 13:4-14

1Ti 5:10

Job 23:12; Ps 132:3-5; Pr 22:29; Ec 9:10; Joh 4:14,31-34; Eph 6:5-8

1Ti 6:2