Genesis 17:3

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And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
  • Lev 9:23-24 : 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of meeting, and came out and gave the people a blessing, and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people. 24 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
  • Num 14:5 : 5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
  • Num 16:45 : 45 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.
  • Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?
  • Judg 13:20 : 20 And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.
  • Ezek 1:28 : 28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
  • Ezek 9:8 : 8 Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?
  • Dan 8:17-18 : 17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end. 18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
  • Dan 10:9 : 9 But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Gen 17:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

    5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

    6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

  • Gen 17:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

    22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

  • Gen 18:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

    3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

  • Gen 18:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gen 17:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

    18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

    19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 15:1
    73%

    1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

  • Gen 18:27
    73%

    27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

  • Gen 12:7
    73%

    7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

  • Gen 22:1
    72%

    1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 15:12
    72%

    12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

  • Gen 17:9
    72%

    9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

  • Gen 18:33
    72%

    33 And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.

  • Gen 22:11
    72%

    11 But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 19:27
    71%

    27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

  • Gen 12:1
    71%

    1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

  • Gen 23:12
    71%

    12 And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

  • Gen 13:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

    18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • Gen 18:22
    71%

    22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

  • Gen 14:19
    71%

    19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

  • Gen 35:13
    71%

    13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • Exod 3:6
    71%

    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Gen 17:15
    71%

    15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

  • Acts 7:2
    70%

    2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

  • Gen 23:7
    70%

    7 And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

  • Gen 28:13
    70%

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 21:24
    70%

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Gen 22:15
    70%

    15 And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,