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Genesis 17:3

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.Poland he fellH5307 →
אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbramH87 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פָּנָ֑יוpa.Navface hisH6440 →
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696 →
אִתּ֛וֹ'i.Towith himH854 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →

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Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”Judges 13:20When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”Joshua 5:14“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”Matthew 17:6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.Numbers 16:45“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,Mark 14:35Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.Exodus 34:8Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Daniel 8:17–18As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”Leviticus 9:23–24Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Ezekiel 3:23So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

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About Genesis

The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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