Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Moreover he said, I am the Elohim of thy father, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon Elohim.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the splendor of Yahweh. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the splendor of Yahweh stood there, as the splendor which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Sovereign Yahweh Wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O El, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of Yahweh am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my master unto his servant?
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.