he said: “Sir, if it please you, do not go on past your servant.
Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,
Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest under the tree.
He said: “Come, blessed of the Lord! Why are you standing outside when I have made the house ready, as well as a place for the camels?”
ordering them: “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob: I have been residing with Laban and have been delayed until now.
he favored Joseph and made him his personal attendant; he put him in charge of his household and entrusted to him all his possessions.
Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my offering and set it before you.” He answered: I will await your return.
So Gideon went off and prepared a young goat and an ephah of flour in the form of unleavened cakes. Putting the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out to him under the terebinth and presented them.
The messenger of God said to him: Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock; then pour out the broth. When he had done so,