Genesis 17:17

New Century Version

Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?”

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

Then Abraham said to God, “Please let Ishmael be the son you promised.”

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were very old. Since Sarah was past the age when women normally have children,

Genesis 18:12

she laughed to herself, “My husband and I are too old to have a baby.”

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7

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

1 Chronicles 21:16

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord in the sky, holding his sword drawn and pointed at Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed facedown on the ground. They were wearing rough cloth to show their grief.

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he got up and tore his robe and shaved his head to show how sad he was. Then he bowed down to the ground to worship God.

Ezekiel 1:28

The surrounding glow looked like the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. It seemed to look like the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, I bowed facedown on the ground and heard a voice speaking.

Daniel 8:17

Gabriel came to where I was standing. When he came close to me, I was very afraid and bowed facedown on the ground. But Gabriel said to me, “Human being, understand that this vision is about the time of the end.”

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the Lord and burned up the burnt offering and fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and bowed facedown on the ground.

Numbers 14:5

Then Moses and Aaron bowed facedown in front of all the Israelites gathered there.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, “God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don’t be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned.”

Numbers 16:45

“Move away from these people so I can destroy them quickly.” So Moses and Aaron bowed facedown.

Matthew 2:11

They came to the house where the child was and saw him with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their gifts and gave him treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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 old, too.”

John 8:56

Your father Abraham was very happy that he would see my day. He saw that day and was glad.”

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then I again bowed facedown on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat bread or drink water. You had sinned by doing what the Lord said was evil, and you made him angry.

Deuteronomy 9:25

The Lord had said he would destroy you, so I threw myself down in front of him for those forty days and forty nights.

Joshua 5:14

The man answered, “I am neither. I have come as the commander of the Lord’s army.” Then Joshua bowed facedown on the ground and asked, “Does my master have a command for me, his servant?”

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes in sorrow. He bowed facedown on the ground before the Ark of the Lord and stayed there until evening. The leaders of Israel did the same thing. They also threw dirt on their heads to show their sorrow.

Revelation 11:16

Then the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, bowed down on their faces and worshiped God.

Revelation 5:8

When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down before the Lamb. Each one of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s holy people.

Judges 13:20

The flames went up to the sky from the altar. As the fire burned, the angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they bowed facedown on the ground.