Genesis 17:17

New International Version

Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

Cross References

Revelation 11:16

And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

Genesis 21:6

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Genesis 17:3

Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Ezekiel 1:28

Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

Job 1:20

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

Daniel 8:17

As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”

1 Chronicles 21:16

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

Judges 13:20

As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Joshua 5:14

“Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”

Deuteronomy 9:25

I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger.

Numbers 16:45

“Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?”

Numbers 14:5

Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Matthew 2:11

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Luke 1:18

Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”

Genesis 17:18

And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Genesis 21:7

And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”