Genesis 17:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל אַבְרָ֖ם עַל־פָּנָ֑יו וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yippōl ʾAḇrām ʿal-pānāyw wa-yəḏabbēr ʾittô ʾĔlōhîm lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wa-yippōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he fell
• *ʾAḇrām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abram
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
• *pānāyw*: noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face
• *wa-yəḏabbēr*: conjunction + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and spoke
• *ʾittô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him
• *ʾĔlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God/gods (plural form, singular meaning)
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *pānāyw*: face/presence/surface
• *ʾĔlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say (introducing direct speech)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abram{H87} fell{H5307} on his face:{H6440} and God{H430} talked{H1696} with him, saying,{H559}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Abram{H87} fell{H5307}{(H8799)} on his face{H6440}: and God{H430} talked{H1696}{(H8762)} with him, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Abra fell on his face. And God talked moreover with hym saynge:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then fell Abram vpon his face.And God talked furthur, with him, and sayde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Abram fell on his face, & God talked with hym, saying:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Lev 9:23-24 : 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
• Num 14:5 : 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
• Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?
• Num 16:45 : 45 Get up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, No; but as captain of the army of the LORD have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his servant?
• Judg 13:20 : 20 For it happened, when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife watched it and fell on their faces to the ground.
• 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
• Ezek 1:28 : 28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking.
• Ezek 3:23 : 23 Then I arose, and went into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
• Ezek 9:8 : 8 And it happened, while they were killing them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in your pouring out of your fury upon Jerusalem?
• Dan 8:17-18 : 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face; but he said to me, Understand, O son of man: for the vision shall be at the time of the end. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
• Dan 10:9 : 9 Yet I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
• Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were very afraid.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last: