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.
Job 29:7 - New Revised Standard Version When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When I went out to the gate through the city, When I prepared my seat in the street! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city's gate], American Standard Version (1901) When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street, Common English Bible When I went out to the city gate, took my seat in the square, Catholic Public Domain Version When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When I went out to the gate of the city: and in the street they prepared me a chair? |
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.
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
Her husband is known in the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land.
beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Benjamin Gate,
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,
You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place.
Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;