³ He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground^(A) seven times^(B) as he approached his brother.

⁶ Now Joseph was the governor of the land,^(A) the person who sold grain to all its people.^(B) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.^(C)

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)

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)

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(B)

¹¹ “I am^(A) the good shepherd.^(B) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^{(C) 12} The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.^(D) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.^(A)

¹¹ For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(A)