¹⁷ Then Abraham fell on his face ^(A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

^2 (A)So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; ^(B)and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,

Sodom’s Depravity

19 Now ^(A)the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and ^(B)Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

³ Then he crossed over before them and ^(A)bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

⁷ So Moses ^(A)went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and ^(B)kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent.

⁵ Then Moses and Aaron ^[a]fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

¹⁴ So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.”

And Joshua ^(A)fell on his face to the earth and ^(B)worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”

⁶ Then Joshua ^(A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they ^(B)put dust on their heads.

²⁰ it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they ^(A)fell on their faces to the ground.

^28 (A)Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. ^(B)This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel

So when I saw it, ^(C)I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.