Genesis 17:17

Easy To Read Version

Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

Then Abraham said to God, “I hope Ishmael will live and serve you.”

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram bowed down before God. God said to him,

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were very old. Sarah was past the right age for women to have children.

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah {did not believe what she heard. She} laughed to herself and said, “I am old and my husband is old. I am too old to have a baby.”

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, “God has made me happy. Every person who hears about this will be happy with me.

Genesis 21:7

No one thought that I, Sarah, would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son even though he is old.”

1 Chronicles 21:16

David looked up and saw the Lord’s angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders (leaders) bowed with their faces touching the ground. David and the elders (leaders) were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness.

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head \{to show he was sad and upset\}. Then Job fell on the ground and worshiped God.

Daniel 8:17

So Gabriel, the angel that looked like a man, came to me. I was very afraid. I fell down to the ground. But Gabriel said to me, “Man, {\cf2\super [95]} understand that this vision is for the time of the end.”

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the Lord and burned the burnt offering and fat on the altar. [114] When all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed their faces low to the ground.

Numbers 14:5

Moses and Aaron bowed low to the ground in front of all the people gathered there.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”

Numbers 16:45

“Move away from those people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.

Matthew 2:11

The wise men came to the house where the baby was. They saw the baby with his mother Mary. The wise men bowed down and worshiped the baby. The wise men opened the gifts they brought for the baby. They gave the baby treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. {\cf2\super [23]}

Luke 1:18

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is also old.”

John 8:56

Your father {\cf2\super [146]} Abraham {\cf2\super [147]} was very happy that he would see the day when I came. He saw that day and was happy.”

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, like I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.

Joshua 5:14

The man answered, “I am not an enemy. I am the commander of the Lord’s army. I have just now come to you.”

Joshua 7:6

When Joshua heard about this, he tore his clothes {to show his sadness}. He bowed down on the ground before the Holy Box. [33] Joshua stayed there until evening. The leaders of Israel did the same thing. They also threw dirt on their heads {to show their sadness}.

Revelation 11:16

Then the 24 elders {\cf2\super [86]} bowed down on their faces and worshiped God. These are the elders who sit on their thrones before God.

Revelation 5:8

After the Lamb took the scroll, the four living things and the 24 elders bowed down before the Lamb. Each one of them had a harp. {\cf2\super [43]} Also they were holding golden bowls full of incense. {\cf2\super [44]} These bowls of incense are the prayers of God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [45]}

Judges 13:20

Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, [108] the Angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire!