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Abraham to Father Many Nations

Genesis 17:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
KJV
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
WEB
Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
ASV
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
LSV
And Abram falls on his face, and God speaks with him, saying,
YLT
And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,
DBY
And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,Elohim
DRC
Abram fell flat on his face.
GNV
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
JPS
And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying:
LXXE
And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל אַבְרָ֖ם עַל־פָּנָ֑יו וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔπεσεν Ἅβραμ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Numbers 16:45“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
  • Matthew 17:6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
  • 1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
  • 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?”
  • 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,
  • Daniel 10:9I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.
  • 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…
  • Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
  • 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.” While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with…
  • 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. Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt…
  • 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.
  • 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 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”

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