Genesis 18:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,

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; but Abraham still stood before the Lord.

Genesis 18:3

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

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth,

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

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there were camels coming.

Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was 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 into the house to him the present which they had with them, and bowed down to him to the ground.

Genesis 43:28

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

Genesis 44:14

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

Genesis 48:12

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

2 Kings 2:15

Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him over against them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Joshua 5:13

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”

1 Peter 4:9

Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.

Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.

Ruth 2:10

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