² He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.^(A)

² Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.^(A)

²² So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord.^[a](A)

The Depravity of Sodom

19 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.^(A)

³ And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Although you are barren, having borne no children, you shall conceive and bear a son.^(A)

Joshua’s Vision

¹³ Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us or one of our adversaries?”^(A)

¹⁴ Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.^(A)

²⁸ They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and did obeisance.^(A)

²⁶ When Joseph came home, they brought him the present that they had carried into the house and bowed to the ground before him.^(A)

²⁴ Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.^(A)