Genesis 18:2
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2 Abraham looked up(A) and saw three men(B) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.(C)
Hebrews 13:2
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2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)
Genesis 18:22
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22 The men(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[a](C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the Lord remained standing before Abraham
Judges 13:3
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3 The angel of the Lord(A) appeared to her(B) and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.(C)
Genesis 23:7
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7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Joshua 5:13
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The Fall of Jericho
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man(A) standing in front of him with a drawn sword(B) in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
Genesis 44:14
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14 Joseph was still in the house(A) when Judah(B) and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.(C)
Genesis 43:28
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28 They replied, “Your servant our father(A) is still alive and well.” And they bowed down,(B) prostrating themselves before him.(C)
Genesis 43:26
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26 When Joseph came home,(A) they presented to him the gifts(B) they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.(C)
Genesis 32:24
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Genesis 18:16
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Abraham Pleads for Sodom
16 When the men(A) got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
Ruth 2:10
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10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(A) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(B)—a foreigner?(C)”
Judges 13:6-11
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6 Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God(A) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,(B) very awesome.(C) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name. 7 But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine(D) or other fermented drink(E) and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.(F)’”
8 Then Manoah(G) prayed to the Lord: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God(H) you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”
9 God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her. 10 The woman hurried to tell her husband, “He’s here! The man who appeared to me(I) the other day!”
11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who talked to my wife?”
“I am,” he said.
Genesis 33:3-7
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3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground(A) seven times(B) as he approached his brother.
4 But Esau(C) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(D) And they wept.(E) 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.
Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.(F)”
6 Then the female servants and their children(G) approached and bowed down.(H) 7 Next, Leah and her children(I) came and bowed down.(J) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(K) and they too bowed down.
1 Peter 4:9
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Romans 12:13
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2 Kings 2:15
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15 The company(A) of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit(B) of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
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