Genesis 17:3 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 17:3

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

YLT

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

DBT

And Abram fell on his face; andGod talked with him, saying,

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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The CovenantsAbrahamic — sign of circumcision.

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Joshua 5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Ezekiel 1:28
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. 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 that spake.
Judges 13:20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

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(3.) Those that would receive comfort from God must set themselves to give glory to God and to worship at his footstool. The general scope and summary of the covenant laid down as the foundation on which all the rest was built; it is no other than the covenant of grace still made with all believers in Jesus Christ,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Abram fell on his face--the attitude of profoundest reverence assumed by Eastern people. It consists in the prostrate body resting on the hands and knees, with the face bent till the forehead touches the ground. It is an expression of conscious humility and profound reverence.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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GEN 17:3JOS 5:14 ISA 55:4
GEN 17:3JDG 13:20 LEV 9:24
GEN 17:3GEN 17:17 GEN 21:6
GEN 17:3GEN 17:17 GEN 18:12
GEN 17:3MAT 17:6 JDG 13:20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 17:3GEN 17:17 ROM 4:19-20
GEN 17:3GEN 17:17 JHN 8:56
GEN 17:3JOS 5:14 REV 19:10-14

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