1. השׂתחיה vayı̂śtachû “bow,” or bend the body as a sign of respect to God or man. The attitude varies from a slight inclinati…

Wash your feet. —This is the first necessity of Oriental hospitality (Judges 19:21), not merely because the feet, prot…

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your
feet
Which was very refresh…

Abraham was waiting to entertain any weary traveler, because inns were not as commonly found then as they are for us. While Abraham was sitting the…