Genesis 18:2
And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant:
Cross References
Genesis 18:16And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.
Genesis 19:1And the two angels came to Sodom ii in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground,
Genesis 23:12Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
Genesis 33:3And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.
Genesis 43:26Then Joseph came into his house, and they offered him the presents holding them in their hands, and they bowed down with their face to the ground.
Genesis 44:14And Juda at the head of his brethren went in to Joseph, (for he was not yet gone out of the place, ) and they altogether fell down before him on the ground.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:2-9
Abraham's Interview with the Angels. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest… Read the whole commentary →