The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 24:32

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the man came into the house: and he (i.e. Laban) ungirded his (literally, the) camels, and gave straw—cut up by threshing for fodder (cf. Job 21:18; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25)—and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet (cf.

Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2), and the men's feet that were with him—the first intimation that any one accompanied the messenger, though that assistants were necessary is obvious from the narrative.

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