Genesis 18:2

He looked, he saw three men standing nearby. Abraham stood up, he ran to them, he knelt down in front of them.

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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

1Fairly soon after that God again appeared to Abraham. Abraham was staying near the big trees at Mamre. The sun was above. In the heat he was staying in his tent, at the doorway.

3He said to them, “Do not go straight on.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:16After that those three (previously mentioned) stood up, they went, they were looking towards Sodom. Abraham was going along with them.

Genesis 19:1The other two continued on towards Sodom. God sent them, those two were angels. They arrived at the town at sundown. At that time Lot, Abraham's younger brother's son, was sitting at the gate of the town. He saw those two, he went to meet them. He bowed to them with his face downwards.

Genesis 23:12Again Abraham bowed down to the men of the land.

Genesis 33:3He went ahead, he met his brother. As he was going towards Esau he was bowing his head down 7 times.

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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