Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
In Context
2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, and I will multiplie thee exceedingly.
4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,
Cross References
Exodus 3:6Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.
Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the Congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:45Get you vp from among this Congregation: for I wil consume them quickly: then they fell vpon their faces.
Judges 13:20For when the flame came vp toward heauen from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended vp in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife behelde it, and fell on their faces vnto the grounde.
Ezekiel 1:28As the likenesse of the bowe, that is in the cloude in the day of raine, so was the appearance of the light round about.
Ezekiel 9:8Nowe when they had slaine them, and I had escaped, I fell downe vpon my face, and cryed, saying, Ah Lord God, wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel, in powring out thy wrath vpon Ierusalem?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:2-4
The Covenant with Abraham Renewed. ( b. c. 1898.) 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, Here is, I. The time when God made Abram this gracious visit: When he was ninety-nine years old, full thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael. 1. So long, it… Read the whole commentary →