Holy Scripture
Genesis 18:4
A church father on this verse
“But how does he continue again as if speaking to men: "Let water be received," the text says, "and your feet be washed"?Abraham, the father and teacher of nations, is indeed teaching you by these things how you ought to receive guests and that you should wash the feet of guests. Nevertheless even this is said mysterio…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.
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In context
2And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.
3And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.
— Genesis 18:4 —
5And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
6And Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.