Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Genesis 17:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, American Standard Version (1901) And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, Common English Bible Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, Catholic Public Domain Version Abram fell prone on his face. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abram tell flat on his face. |
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
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.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed is God.”
He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such was the appearance of the splendor all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking.
So I rose up and went out into the valley, and the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell on my face.
While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell prostrate on my face and cried out, “Ah Lord God! Will you destroy all who remain of Israel as you pour out your wrath upon Jerusalem?”
When I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a trance, face to the ground.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites.
They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”
“Get away from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.
When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear.
He replied, “Neither, but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?”
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last
When the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar while Manoah and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground.