Genesis 17:3

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

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Lev 9:23-24 : 23 Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24 Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
  • Num 14:5 : 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”
  • Num 16:45 : 45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
  • Josh 5:14 : 14 He answered,“Truly I am the commander of the LORD’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked,“What does my master want to say to his servant?”
  • Judg 13:20 : 20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the LORD’s angel went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.
  • 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“The LORD is the true God! The LORD is the true God!”
  • Ezek 1:28 : 28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.
  • Ezek 9:8 : 8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out,“Ah, Sovereign LORD! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”
  • Dan 8:17-18 : 17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.” 18 As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.
  • Dan 10:9 : 9 I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

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  • Gen 17:1-2
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    1The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

    2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

  • Gen 17:4-7
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    78%

    4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

    5No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

    6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

    7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

  • Gen 17:21-22
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    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

    22When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

  • Gen 18:1-3
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    1Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

    2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

  • Gen 18:17-18
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    74%

    17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Gen 17:17-19
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    17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 15:1
    73%

    1The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

  • Gen 18:27
    73%

    27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),

  • Gen 12:7
    73%

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • Gen 22:1
    72%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

  • Gen 15:12
    72%

    12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

  • Gen 17:9
    72%

    9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

  • Gen 18:33
    72%

    33The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

  • Gen 22:11
    72%

    11But the LORD’s angel called to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”“Here I am!” he answered.

  • Gen 19:27
    71%

    27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

  • Gen 12:1
    71%

    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 23:12
    71%

    12Abraham bowed before the local people

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    71%

    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 18:22
    71%

    22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

  • Gen 14:19
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    19He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

  • Gen 35:13
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    13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Exod 3:6
    71%

    6He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

  • Gen 17:15
    71%

    15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

  • Acts 7:2
    70%

    2So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

  • Gen 23:7
    70%

    7Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.

  • Gen 28:13
    70%

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 21:24
    70%

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

  • Gen 22:15
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    15The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven