Genesis 18:2

and he lifts up his eyes and looks, and behold, three men standing by him, and he sees, and runs to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bows himself toward the earth,

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

1And YHWH appears to him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;

3and he says, “My Lord, if now I have found grace in Your eyes, please do not pass on from Your servant;

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Cross References

Genesis 18:16And the men rise from there, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;

Genesis 19:1And two of the messengers come toward Sodom at evening, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sees, and rises to meet them, and bows himself—face to the earth,

Genesis 23:12And Abraham bows himself before the people of the land,

Genesis 33:3And he himself passed over before them, and bows himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing near to his brother,

Genesis 43:26And Joseph comes into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brothers come to the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall to the earth before him;

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 →

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