Genesis 33:3

New American Bible - revised edition

He himself went on ahead of them, bowing to the ground seven times, until he reached his brother.

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,

Genesis 33:2

putting the maidservants and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Genesis 42:6

Joseph, as governor of the country, was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. When Joseph’s brothers came, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, while they bowed down before him to the ground.

Genesis 48:12

Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

Proverbs 6:3

So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: Go, hurry, rouse your neighbor!

Ecclesiastes 10:4

Should the anger of a ruler burst upon you, do not yield your place; for calmness abates great offenses.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:4

When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice.

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.