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)

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)

²² The men^(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,^(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.^[a](C)

Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

19 The two angels^(A) arrived at Sodom^(B) in the evening, and Lot^(C) was sitting in the gateway of the city.^(D) When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.^(E)

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)

⁷ Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

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?”

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)

²⁸ They replied, “Your servant our father^(A) is still alive and well.” And they bowed down,^(B) prostrating themselves before him.^(C)