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He said, “My lord,[a] if I have now found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by. Now let me get a little water so that all of you can wash your feet and rest under the tree. Let me get some bread so that you can refresh yourselves. After that you may go your way. That is why you have come to your servant.”

They said, “Yes, do as you have said.”

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  1. Genesis 18:3 Or my Lord. The Hebrew writes this word as Adonai. That would make this a divine name, Lord, but did Abraham already recognize that the man was God?

He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(A) my lord,[a] do not pass your servant(B) by. Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet(C) and rest under this tree. Let me get you something to eat,(D) 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.”

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  1. Genesis 18:3 Or eyes, Lord