Genesis 17:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, “I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?” So he started laughing.

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

Then he asked God, “Why not let Ishmael inherit what you have promised me?”

Genesis 17:3

Abram bowed with his face to the ground, and God said:

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was well past the age for having children.

Genesis 18:12

So she laughed and said to herself, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, will I really know such happiness?”

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born,

Genesis 21:6

and Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7

Who would have dared to tell Abraham that some day I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son.”

1 Chronicles 21:16

David saw the LORD's angel in the air, holding a sword over Jerusalem. He and the leaders of Israel, who were all wearing sackcloth, bowed with their faces to the ground,

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head because of his great sorrow. He knelt on the ground, then worshipped God

Ezekiel 1:28

as colourful as a rainbow that appears after a storm. I realized I was seeing the brightness of the LORD's glory! So I bowed with my face to the ground, and just then I heard a voice speaking to me.

Daniel 8:17

Gabriel came over, and I fell to the ground in fear. Then he said, “You are merely a human, but you need to understand that this vision is about the end of time.”

Leviticus 9:24

The LORD sent fiery flames that burnt up everything on the altar, and when everyone saw this, they shouted and fell to their knees to worship the LORD.

Numbers 14:5

Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.

Numbers 16:22

But the two men bowed down and prayed, “Our God, you gave these people life. Why would you punish everyone here when only one man has sinned?”

Numbers 16:45

“Stand back! I am going to wipe out these Israelites once and for all.” They immediately bowed down and prayed.

Matthew 2:11

When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.

Luke 1:18

Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this is going to happen? My wife and I are both very old.”

John 8:56

Your father Abraham was really glad to see me.”

Deuteronomy 9:18

I bowed down at the place of worship and prayed to the LORD, without eating or drinking for forty days and nights. You had committed a terrible sin by making that idol, and the LORD hated what you had done. He was angry enough to destroy all of you and Aaron as well. So I prayed for you and Aaron as I had done before, and this time the LORD answered my prayers.

Deuteronomy 9:25

After you had made the idol in the shape of a calf, the LORD said he was going to destroy you. So I bowed down in front of the sacred tent for forty days and nights,

Joshua 5:14

“Neither,” he answered. “I am here because I am the commander of the LORD's army.” Joshua fell to his knees and bowed down to the ground. “I am your servant,” he said. “Tell me what to do.”

Joshua 7:6

Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes and put dust on their heads to show their sorrow. They lay face down on the ground in front of the sacred chest until sunset.

Revelation 11:16

Then the twenty-four elders, who were seated on thrones in God's presence, knelt down and worshipped him.

Revelation 5:8

After he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders knelt down before him. Each of them had a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God's people.

Judges 13:20

The fire blazed up towards the sky, and the LORD's angel went up towards heaven in the fire. Manoah and his wife bowed down low when they saw what happened.