Genesis 18:4 (BSB)

Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

From Genesis 18. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 18:4

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 18:1-8: The appearance of God to Abraham seems to have had in it more of freedom and familiarity, and less of grandeur and majesty, than those we have hitherto read of; and therefore more resembles that great visit which, in the fullness of time, the Son of God was to make to the world, when the Word would be flesh, and appear as one of us. Observe here, I.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 18:4: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet,.... Which was very refreshing to travellers in hot countries, who walked barefoot or in sandals; and this he proposes to be done by one of his servants, whose business it was, only desires they would give him leave to order it, Sa1 25:41; and so it was usual in other countries, and...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Genesis 18:4: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: (c) For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat.
• Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Genesis 18:4: Let a little water - be fetched, and wash your feet, etc. - In these verses we find a delightful picture of primitive hospitality. In those ancient times shoes such as ours were not in use; and the foot was protected only by sandals or soles, which fastened round the foot with straps.