Quotes About Hospitality

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ëPlease let down your jar that I may drink,í and who responds, ëDrink, and I will water your camels as wellí—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your fatherís house for us to spend the night?”

Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.

“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ëPlease let me drink a little water from your jar,í

And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ëPlease give me a drink.í

She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ëDrink, and I will water your camels as well.í So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

Pharaohís cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”