Verse 2

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • Gen 18:22 : 22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
  • Judg 13:3 : 3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
  • Gen 18:16 : 16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
  • Gen 23:7 : 7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
  • Gen 32:24 : 24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
  • Gen 44:14 : 14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
  • Josh 5:13 : 13 It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
  • Gen 33:3-7 : 3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept. 5 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." 6 Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
  • Judg 13:6-9 : 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name: 7 but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'" 8 Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, "Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born." 9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her. 10 The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, "Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the [other] day." 11 Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" He said, "I am."
  • Ruth 2:10 : 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?"
  • 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.