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Genesis 24:26

Praise and worshipGratitude

24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
KJV
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
WEB
The man bowed his head, and worshiped the LORD.
ASV
And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah.
DARBY
And the man stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah,
BLB
And the man bowed his head and worshiped to YHWH.
ÅB
Da bøyde mannen seg ned og tilba Herren
OTB
Da bøyde mannen seg ned og tilba Herren,
B1930
Da bøide mannen sig ned og tilbad Herren

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:48

    And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

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  • Genesis 24:52

    And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

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  • Exodus 4:31

    And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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  • Exodus 12:27

    That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:18

    And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

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  • Philippians 2:10

    That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

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  • Psalms 66:4

    All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

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  • Exodus 34:8

    And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

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