Genesis 18:2

American Standard Version (1901)

and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

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  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
  • Judg 13:3 : 3 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
  • Gen 18:16 : 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
  • Gen 23:7 : 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
  • Gen 32:24 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
  • Gen 44:14 : 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
  • Josh 5:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
  • Gen 33:3-7 : 3 And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
  • Judg 13:6-9 : 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: 7 but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 Then Manoah entreated Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the [other] day. 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
  • Ruth 2:10 : 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
  • 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

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