Genesis 17:17 - Easy To Read Version Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son? American Standard Version (1901) Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? Common English Bible Abraham fell on his face and laughed. He said to himself, Can a 100-year-old man become a father, or Sarah, a 90-year-old woman, have a child? Catholic Public Domain Version Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: "Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth? |
Abraham and Sarah were very old. Sarah was past the right age for women to have children.
So Sarah {did not believe what she heard. She} laughed to herself and said, “I am old and my husband is old. I am too old to have a baby.”
And Sarah said, “God has made me happy. Every person who hears about this will be happy with me.
No one thought that I, Sarah, would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son even though he is old.”
David looked up and saw the Lord’s angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders (leaders) bowed with their faces touching the ground. David and the elders (leaders) were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness.
When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head \{to show he was sad and upset\}. Then Job fell on the ground and worshiped God.
So Gabriel, the angel that looked like a man, came to me. I was very afraid. I fell down to the ground. But Gabriel said to me, “Man, {\cf2\super [95]} understand that this vision is for the time of the end.”
Fire came out from the Lord and burned the burnt offering and fat on the altar. [114] When all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed their faces low to the ground.
Moses and Aaron bowed low to the ground in front of all the people gathered there.
But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
“Move away from those people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.
The wise men came to the house where the baby was. They saw the baby with his mother Mary. The wise men bowed down and worshiped the baby. The wise men opened the gifts they brought for the baby. They gave the baby treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. {\cf2\super [23]}
Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is also old.”
Your father {\cf2\super [146]} Abraham {\cf2\super [147]} was very happy that he would see the day when I came. He saw that day and was happy.”
Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, like I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.
“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.
The man answered, “I am not an enemy. I am the commander of the Lord’s army. I have just now come to you.”
When Joshua heard about this, he tore his clothes {to show his sadness}. He bowed down on the ground before the Holy Box. [33] Joshua stayed there until evening. The leaders of Israel did the same thing. They also threw dirt on their heads {to show their sadness}.
Then the 24 elders {\cf2\super [86]} bowed down on their faces and worshiped God. These are the elders who sit on their thrones before God.
After the Lamb took the scroll, the four living things and the 24 elders bowed down before the Lamb. Each one of them had a harp. {\cf2\super [43]} Also they were holding golden bowls full of incense. {\cf2\super [44]} These bowls of incense are the prayers of God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [45]}
Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, [108] the Angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire!