When Abraham’s servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped 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.
- BSB When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
- 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.
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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 24:26The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
- Gen 24:48I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
- Ps 95:6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
- Ps 116:1–2I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Ps 107:21–22Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- 2 Chr 20:18Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh.
- Ps 34:1–2By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
- Matt 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Acts 10:25–26When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped 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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