Genesis 43:28
And they answered, There is shalom with thy eved avinu; he is still alive. And they bowed their heads, and prostrated themselves.
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Genesis 37:7For, hinei, we were binding alummim (sheaves of wheat) out in the sadeh, and, hinei, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, hinei, your alummot (sheaves of wheat) gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf.
Genesis 43:26And when Yosef came home, they presented him the minchah which was in their yad in the house, and prostrated themselves to the ground before him.
2 Samuel 1:2It came even to pass on Yom HaShlishi, that, hinei, an ish came out of the machaneh from Sha'ul with his clothes torn, and adamah upon his rosh; and so it was, when he came to Dovid, that he fell to the ground, and prostrated himself.
1 Kings 1:16And Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance unto HaMelech. And HaMelech said, What wouldest thou?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:27-34
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom… Read the whole commentary →