a mistake. The correct form is either (Hebrew characters) (as 236. 11, etc.:
so Di. Dri.), or (better, as 192) (
Hebrew characters): Sirs!—restoring (with
[E]) the pl. throughout the v.—The whole of Abraham's
speech is a fine example of the profuse, deferential, self-depreciatory
courtesy characteristic of Eastern manners.—4.
wash your feet] Cf. 192 2432 4324, Ju. 1921, 2 Sa. 118,
Lk. 744, 1 Ti. 510.—recline yourselves] not at meat (Gu.), but
during the preparation of the meal. Even in the time of
Amos (64) reclining at table seems to have been a new-*fangled
and luxurious habit introduced from abroad: ct.
the ancient custom 2719, Ju. 196, 1 Sa. 205. 24, 1 Ki. 1320.—5.
support your heart] with the food, Ju. 195. 8, 1 Ki. 137,
Ps. 10415; cf. bread the 'staff' of life, Lv. 2626, Is. 31.—seeing that, etc.] Hospitality is, so to speak, the logical
corollary of passing Abraham's tent.—6-8. The preparation
of a genuine Bedouin repast, consisting of hastily baked
cakes of bread, flesh, and milk in two forms. On the items,
v.i.—8. and they ate] So 193—the only cases in OT where
the Deity is represented as eating (ct. Ju. 620f. 1316). The
anthropomorphism is evaded by Jos. (Ant. i. 197: (
Greek characters);
cf. Tob. 1219), TJ, Ra. al.
9-15. The promise of a son to Sarah.—The subject is introduced with consummate skill. In the course of the conversation which naturally follows the meal, an apparently casual question leads to an announcement which shows
[E] (Hebrew characters).—5. (
Hebrew characters) ([E]GTOJ) is the better reading, to
which G adds (
Greek characters) (cf. 192).—(
Hebrew characters) is not to be resolved
into (
Hebrew characters) and (
Hebrew characters), denn eben desshalb (G-B.14, 308 a; De. al.); but is a
compound conjunction = quandoquidem, 'inasmuch as' (Tu. Di. Dri.),
as usage clearly shows; cf. 198 3310 3826 Nu. 1031 1443 (all J), Ju. 622,
2 Sa. 1820, Jer. 2928 384[B]; see G-K. § 158 b3; BDB, 475 b.—(
Hebrew characters) G
(
Greek characters) = (
Hebrew characters) (192f.), which is too rashly accepted by Ba.—(
Hebrew characters)]
G has the sing. wrongly.—6. Three seahs would be (according
to Kennedy's computation, DB, iv. 912) approximately equal to 4-1/2
pecks.—(
Hebrew characters)] G , [V similæ] which might stand either
for (
Hebrew characters) (1 Sa. 124) or (
Hebrew characters) (as in every other instance). The latter (the
finer variety) is here probably a gloss on (
Hebrew characters).—(
Hebrew characters)] (G (
Greek characters), V
subcinericios panes) are thin round cakes baked on hot stones or in the
ashes (Benz. Arch.2 64).—8. (
Hebrew characters) is the Ar. laban, milk slightly soured
by fermentation, which is greatly esteemed by the nomads of Syria and
Arabia as a refreshing and nourishing beverage (see EB, iii. 3089 f.).