Genesis 18:2

New English Translation

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 17:3

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

Genesis 18:16

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

Genesis 18:22

The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

Genesis 18:3

He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Genesis 23:12

Abraham bowed before the local people

Genesis 23:7

Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

Genesis 24:63

He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.

Genesis 32:24

So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:26

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

Genesis 43:28

“Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.

Genesis 44:14

So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Genesis 48:12

So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

2 Kings 2:15

When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Joshua 5:13

When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”

1 Peter 4:9

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Judges 13:3

The Lord’s angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

Ruth 2:10

Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”