Genesis 18:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

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  • Gen 19:2 : 2 And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.
  • Gen 43:24 : 24 And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.
  • Gen 24:32 : 32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
  • Luke 7:44 : 44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
  • John 13:5-9 : 5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him. 6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you? 7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come. 8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head. 10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you. 11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.) 12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you? 13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am. 14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean. 15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
  • 1 Sam 25:41 : 41 And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

  • Gen 18:1-3
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    80%

    1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

    3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

  • Gen 19:2-3
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    77%

    2 And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

    3 But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

  • 76%

    19 But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.

    20 And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

    21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

  • Gen 24:31-33
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    76%

    31 And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.

    32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

    33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

  • 8 And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

  • Ruth 3:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

    4 But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

  • Gen 24:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17 And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

    18 And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

    19 And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

  • 10 So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

  • 24 And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.

  • Gen 24:42-43
    2 verses
    72%

    42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

    43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

  • Judg 4:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19 Then he said to her, Give me now a little water, for I have need of a drink. And opening a skin of milk, she gave him drink, and put the cover over him again.

    20 And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.

  • Judg 6:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

    18 Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

  • Gen 24:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

    13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

    14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

  • Judg 19:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

    5 Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

    6 So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

  • 13 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 10:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:

    4 They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.

  • 28 Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

  • 3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

  • 31 And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

  • 14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.

  • 45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

  • 54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

  • 9 And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

  • 19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.

  • Gen 26:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29 That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.