Genesis 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,—so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;
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Genesis 18:16And the men rose up from thence, and looked out over the face of Sodom,—Abraham also going with them to set them on their way.
Genesis 19:1So the two messengers went in towards Sodom at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,—so Lot beheld and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis 23:12So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:
Genesis 33:3but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother.
Genesis 43:26So when Joseph came into the house, they brought in to him the present which was in their hand into the house,—and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
Genesis 44:14And Judah and his brethren came into the house of Joseph, he, yet being there,—and fell down before him to the earth.
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 →