Genesis 18:5

Genesis 18:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
• New International Version (NIV)Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”

Context of Genesis 18:5

3“Please, sir,” Abraham said, “stop by to visit me for a while. 4Why don’t we let someone bring a little water? After you wash your feet, you can stretch out and rest under the tree. Let me bring some bread so that you can regain your strength. After that you can leave, since this is why you stopped by to visit me.” They answered, “That’s fine. Do as you say.” 6So Abraham hurried into the tent to find Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three measures of flour, knead it, and make bread.” 7Then Abraham ran to the herd and took one of his best calves. He gave it to his servant, who prepared it quickly.

Genesis 18:5 word by word

וְאֶקְחָ֨ה פַת־לֶ֜חֶם וְסַעֲד֤וּ לִבְּכֶם֙ אַחַ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן עֲבַרְתֶּ֖ם עַֽל־עַבְדְּכֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֵּ֥ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will fetchלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
• a morselפַּתpath · morselH6595
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and comfort yeסָעַדsâ‛ad · to supportH5582
• your heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• after thatאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• ye shall pass onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• toעַל‛al · uponH5921
• your servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• And they saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• So doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as thou hast saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Genesis 18:5

• Judges 6:18Don’t leave until I come back. I want to bring my gift and set it in front of you.” “I will stay until you come back,” he said.
• Judges 13:15Manoah said to the Messenger of the Lord, “Please stay while we prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
• Matthew 6:11Give us our daily bread today.
• Judges 19:5On the fourth day they got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father told his son-in-law, “Eat something to keep up your strength and then you can go.”
• Psalms 104:15You make wine to cheer human hearts, olive oil to make faces shine, and bread to strengthen human hearts.
• Isaiah 3:1See now, the Lord, the Lord of Armies, is going to take from Jerusalem and Judah every kind of support and their entire supply of food and water.
• Genesis 19:8“Look, I have two daughters who have never had sex. Why don’t you let me bring them out to you? Do whatever you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, since I’m responsible for them.”
• Genesis 33:10Jacob said, “No, please take the gift I’m giving you, because I’ve seen your face as if I were seeing the face of God, and yet you welcomed me so warmly.

Commentaries on Genesis 18:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I will fetch a morsel of bread - This was the third requisite, and is introduced in its proper order; as eating immediately after exertion or fatigue is very unwholesome. The strong action of the lungs and heart should have time to diminish before any food is received into the stomach, as otherwise concoction is prevented, and fever in a less or greater degree produced. For therefore are ye come - In those ancient days every traveler conceived he had a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-33Verses 1-33 - The Visit of the Lord to Abraham 2. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body in token of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight inclination of the body to entire prostration with the forehead touching the ground. 6. סאה se'ah a “seah,” about an English peck, the third part of an ephah. The ephah contained ten omers. The omer held about five pints. This chapter describes Abraham‘s fellowship with God. On the gracious…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8Abraham received his visitors as very important guests, perhaps realizing that they were messengers from God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. for therefore are ye come--No questions were asked. But Abraham knew their object by the course they took--approaching directly in front of the chief sheik's tent, which is always distinguishable from the rest and thus showing their wish to be his guests.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 18:5

• Abraham
• Communion
• Condescension of God
• Food
• God
• Hospitality
• Isaac
• Mamre

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Ashes
• Certainly
• Comfort
• Command
• Cook
• Cry
• Grievous
• Hard
• Judge

Commentaries on Genesis 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings