Genesis 23:12

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Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

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  • Gen 18:2 : 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
  • Gen 23:7 : 7 Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

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  • Gen 23:3-11
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    3Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites, saying,

    4“I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”

    5The Hittites replied to Abraham,

    6“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site from you to bury your dead.”

    7Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

    8He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and plead with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf.

    9Ask him to give me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the edge of his field. Let him sell it to me for its full price as a burial site among you.”

    10Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and in the hearing of all who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,

    11“No, my lord! Listen to me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go ahead and bury your dead.”

  • Gen 23:13-20
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    13And he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Please listen to me. I am giving you the price of the field. Accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”

    14Ephron answered Abraham,

    15“My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead.”

    16Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out the silver for him. He gave him the four hundred shekels of silver, as agreed upon in the presence of the Hittites, using the weight current among the merchants.

    17So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees within its borders—was legally transferred.

    18It was assigned to Abraham as his property in the presence of the Hittites and all who entered the city gate.

    19Afterward, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

    20So the field and the cave that was in it were officially deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

  • Gen 24:52
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    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

  • Gen 24:26
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    26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord.

  • Gen 18:2
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    2Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Gen 43:26
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    26When Joseph came home, they presented him the gift they had brought with them and bowed to the ground before him.

  • Gen 24:2
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    2Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his household who managed all he owned, "Please, place your hand under my thigh.

  • Gen 12:6-7
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    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

    7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

  • Gen 33:3
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    3He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

    24Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,

  • Gen 48:12
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    12Joseph removed the boys from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 24:48
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    48Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right path to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.

  • Gen 49:30
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    30The cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 25:10
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    10The field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
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    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He went out from the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 24:9
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    9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
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    20When Araunah saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 18:27
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    27Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

  • Gen 14:21-22
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    21The king of Sodom said to Abram, 'Give me the people, but keep the goods for yourself.'

    22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, 'I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,