Genesis 23:12
Abraham bowed before the local people
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- Gen 18:2 : 2 Abraham 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.
- Gen 19:1 : 1 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
- Gen 23:7 : 7 Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
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3Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,
4“I am a foreign resident, a temporary settler, among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”
5The sons of Heth answered Abraham,
6“Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.”
7Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
8Then he said to them,“If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar
9if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”
10(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hittite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth– before all who entered the gate of his city–
11“No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”
- Gen 23:13-208 verses82%
13and said to Ephron in their hearing,“Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”
14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
16So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth– 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
17So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
18as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.
19After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre(that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.
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52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
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26The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD,
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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.
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15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
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26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.
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2Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
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6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
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.
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3But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”
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3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
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12So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.
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48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
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30It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
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10This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
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21When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
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6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
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9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.
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20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.
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27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
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5Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.
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21Then the king of Sodom said to Abram,“Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”
22But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow