When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
- KJV And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
- NKJV And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
- NASB When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord.
- NLT When Abraham’s servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the Lord.
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Quick answer
Hearing their consent, the servant bowed to the ground in worship of Yahweh.
Overview
Once again the servant responds to God's faithfulness with worship, this time at the successful outcome. His repeated bowing frames the whole mission with reverence and gratitude. The chapter models a life saturated with prayer before, during, and after God grants his answers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Gen 24:26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- Gen 24:48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- Ps 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Ps 116:1–2I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- 2 Chr 20:18Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
- Ps 34:1–2Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Matt 2:11On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- Acts 10:25–26As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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