Genesis 18:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him,

Genesis 18:16

Then the men set out from there, and they looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.

Genesis 18:22

So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord.

Genesis 18:3

He said, “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:12

Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

Genesis 23:7

Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.

Genesis 24:63

Isaac went out in the evening to walk in the field, and, looking up, he saw camels coming.

Genesis 32:24

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present that they had carried into the house and bowed to the ground before him.

Genesis 43:28

They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and did obeisance.

Genesis 44:14

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

2 Kings 2:15

When the company of prophets who were at Jericho saw him at a distance, they declared, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality to strangers.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Joshua 5:13

Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us or one of our adversaries?”

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Although you are barren, having borne no children, you shall conceive and bear a son.

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell prostrate, with her face to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”