Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing there. He got up quickly and ran to them and bowed down and put his face to the ground, because people in that place did that in those days when strangers arrived at their homes.
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In The King James Version
In Context
3Abraham said to them, “Don't go. Stay here for a while and I will look after you.
Cross References
Genesis 18:16Then the three men left and Abraham went with them. They went up a hill and looked down from there towards Sodom.
Genesis 19:1The two angels went down the hill and on to Sodom. They went on walking and arrived when the sun went down. Lot was sitting at the gate. When he saw the two men coming he got up and went to meet them. He bowed down because people in that place did that in those days when strangers arrived in their city.
Genesis 23:12But Abraham bowed down again in front of the Hittite people.
Genesis 33:3Then Jacob went towards Esau and bowed down to the ground so that his brother would know he was ready to obey him. Seven times he bowed down.
Genesis 44:14Joseph was still in his house. When the brothers arrived they bowed down to him with their faces to the floor.
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 →