Genesis 18:1

18:1

appeared <07200> [appeared.]

Mamre <04471> [Mamre.]

sitting <03427> [and he sat.]

In these verses we have a delightful picture of genuine and primitive hospitality: a venerable father sits at the tent door, not only to enjoy the current of refreshing air, but that if he saw any weary and exhausted travellers, he might invite them to rest and refresh themselves during the heat of the day, and the same custom still continues in the east. It was not the custom, nor was there any necessity, for strangers to knock at the door, or to speak first, but to stand till they were invited.

Genesis 1:1

1:1

beginning <07225> [beginning.]

God <0430> [God.]