Genesis 18:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he lift vp his eyes, and looked: and lo, three men stoode by him, and when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed himselfe to the grounde.

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  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares.
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 And in the euening there came two Angels to Sodom: and Lot sate at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sawe them, and rose vp to meete them, and he bowed himselfe with his face to the ground.
  • Judg 13:3 : 3 And the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto the woman, and said vnto her, Beholde nowe, thou art baren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne.
  • Gen 18:16 : 16 Afterwarde the men did rise vp from thence and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
  • Gen 23:7 : 7 Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.
  • Gen 32:24 : 24 Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.
  • Gen 44:14 : 14 So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground.
  • Josh 5:13 : 13 And when Ioshua was by Iericho, he lift vp his eyes and looked: and behold, there stood a man against him, hauing a sword drawen in his hand: and Ioshua went vnto him, and said vnto him, Art thou on our side, or on our aduersaries?
  • Gen 33:3-7 : 3 So he went before them and bowed him selfe to the ground seuen times, vntill he came neere to his brother. 4 Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept. 5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and saide, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are ye childre whome God of his grace hath giuen thy seruant. 6 Then came the maides neere, they, and their children, and bowed themselues. 7 Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence.
  • Judg 13:6-9 : 6 Then the wife came, and tolde her husband, saying, A man of God came vnto me, and the facion of him was like the facion of the Angel of God exceeding feareful, but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name, 7 But he saide vnto me, Beholde, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and nowe thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: for the childe shalbe a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death. 8 Then Manoah prayed to the Lorde and saide, I pray thee, my Lorde, Let the man of God, whome thou sentest, come againe nowe vnto vs, and teach vs what we shall doe vnto the child when he is borne. 9 And God heard the voyce of Manoah, and the Angel of God came againe vnto the wife, as she sate in the fielde, but Manoah her husbande was not with her. 10 And the wife made haste and ranne, and shewed her husbande and sayde vnto him, Behold, the man hath appeared vnto me, that came vnto me to day. 11 And Manoah arose & went after his wife, and came to the man, and saide vnto him, Art thou the man that spakest vnto the woman? and he said, Yea.
  • Ruth 2:10 : 10 Then shee fell on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto him, How haue I found fauour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest know me, seeing I am a stranger?
  • 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be ye harberous one to another, without grudging.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Againe the Lord appeared vnto him in the plaine of Mamre, as he sate in his tent doore about the heate of the day.

  • Gen 18:3-5
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    3 And he said, Lord, if I haue now founde fauour in thy sight, goe not, I pray thee, from thy seruant.

    4 Let a litle water, I pray you, be brought, and wash your feete, and rest your selues vnder the tree.

    5 And I will bring a morsell of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your wayes: for therefore are ye come to your seruant; they said, Do euen as thou hast said.

  • Gen 19:1-3
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    1 And in the euening there came two Angels to Sodom: and Lot sate at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sawe them, and rose vp to meete them, and he bowed himselfe with his face to the ground.

    2 And he saide, See my Lords, I pray you turne in nowe into your seruants house, and tarie all night, and wash your feete, & ye shall rise vp early and goe your wayes. Who saide, Nay, but we will abide in the streete all night.

    3 Then he preassed vpon them earnestly, and they turned in to him, and came to his house, and he made them a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread, and they did eate.

  • Gen 18:16-18
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    16 Afterwarde the men did rise vp from thence and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

    17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I doe,

    18 Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Gen 18:7-9
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    7 And Abraham ranne to the beastes, and tooke a tender and good calfe, and gaue it to the seruant, who hasted to make it ready.

    8 And he tooke butter and milke, and the calfe, which he had prepared, and set before them, and stoode himselfe by them vnder the tree, and they did eate.

    9 Then they saide to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Beholde, she is in the tent.

  • 22 And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.

  • 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

  • 7 Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

  • Gen 19:27-28
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    27 And Abraham rising vp earely in ye morning went to the place, where he had stand before the Lord,

    28 And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.

  • 4 Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off,

  • 17 And when he had lift vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfairing man in the streetes of the citie: then this olde man sayde, Whither goest thou, and whence camest thou?

  • 12 Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,

  • 52 And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.

  • Gen 24:26-27
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    26 And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord,

    27 And said, Blessed be the Lorde God of my master Abraham, which hath not withdrawen his mercie and his trueth from my master: for when I was in the way, the Lord brought me to my masters brethrens house.

  • 3 So he went before them and bowed him selfe to the ground seuen times, vntill he came neere to his brother.

  • 12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, send me good speede this day, & shew mercy vnto my master Abraha.

  • 3 And he went on his iourney from ye South toward Beth-el, to the place where his tent had bene at ye beginning, betweene Beth-el & Haai,

  • 17 And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.

  • 32 Then the man came into the house, and he vnsadled the camels, and brought litter and prouender for the camels, and water to wash his feete, and the mens feete that were with him.

  • Gen 28:12-13
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    12 Then he dreamed, & behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.

    13 And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

  • 3 Then shalt thou go forth from thence and shalt come to the plaine of Tabor, and there shal meete thee three men going vp to God to Bethel: one carying three kiddes, and an other carying three loaues of bread, and another carying a bottle of wine:

  • 2 And he sayd, Ye men, brethren and Fathers, hearken. That God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

  • 11 But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abraham, Abraham; he answered, Here am I.

  • 14 Then the Lord saide vnto Abram, (after that Lot was departed from him) Lift vp thine eyes nowe, and looke from the place where thou art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastwarde, and Westward:

  • 12 And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground.

  • 4 And when the Lord sawe that he turned aside to see, God called vnto him out of the middes of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses; he answered, I am here.

  • 5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and saide, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are ye childre whome God of his grace hath giuen thy seruant.

  • 63 And Izhak went out. to pray in the fielde toward the euening: who lift vp his eyes and looked, and behold, the camels came.

  • 20 And Araunah looked, and sawe the King and his seruants comming towarde him, and Araunah went out, and bowed himselfe before the King on his face to the ground,

  • 6 Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.

  • 19 Behold now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauing my life: and I cannot escape in the mountaine, least some euill take me, and I die.

  • 24 And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.