וַיִּשָּׂ֤א עֵינָיו֙ וַיַּ֔רְא וְהִנֵּה֙ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים נִצָּבִ֖ים עָלָ֑יו וַיַּ֗רְא וַיָּ֤רָץ לִקְרָאתָם֙ מִפֶּ֣תַח הָאֹ֔הֶל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָֽרְצָה׃
Ia mengangkat matanya dan melihat, dan tampaklah tiga orang laki-laki berdiri di hadapannya. Ketika ia melihat mereka, ia berlari dari pintu kemah untuk menyambut mereka, lalu membungkukkan diri sampai ke tanah.
Zohar
Straightway “it lifts up its eyes and looks, and lo, three men stand over against it”. Who are these three men? They are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who stand over this lower grade, and from whom it draws sustenance and nourishment.
Sha'arei Orah
Do not entertain the thought that either Manoach or his wife were prophets, for they are not counted amongst the prophets. Rather, when angels are beheld by those whose eyes are refined, there indeed is a wondrous mystery here. For, the three angels that appeared to our forefather Avraham, appeared to him in the form of men, as it states,154Genesis 18:2 “He lifted his eyes and saw: And behold! Three men were standing over him.” However, when the two remaining angels later came to Lot, they appeared to him in the form of angels, as it states,155Genesis 19:1 “The two angels came to Sodom in the evening and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom; Lot saw and rose to greet them and prostrated with his face to the ground.” Now, let it not enter your mind that Lot was a prophet. Rather, these things contain various matters and hidden secrets that require great understanding-Binah.