Genesis 18:2
And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,
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Genesis 18:16And the men rysyng vp from thence, loked toward Sodome: and Abraham went with them to bryng them on the way.
Genesis 19:1And there came two angels to Sodome at euen, and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome: and Lot seing [them] rose vp to meete them, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde.
Genesis 23:12And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande.
Genesis 33:3And he went before them, and bowed him selfe to the grounde seuen tymes, vntill he came to his brother.
Genesis 43:26When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to hym, whiche was in their handes, and bowed them selues to the grounde before him.
Genesis 44:14And Iuda and his brethren came to Iosephes house (for he [was] yet there) and they fell 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 →