Genesis 33:3
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
KJV
Et ipse progrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies, donec appropinquaret frater ejus.
Vulgate
αὐτὸς δὲ παρῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν· καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἑπτάκις ἕως τοῦ ἐγγίσαι τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
ASV
וְ/ה֖וּא עָבַ֣ר לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּ אַ֨רְצָ/ה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים עַד גִּשְׁתּ֖/וֹ עַד אָחִֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
verb · 124×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Further proofs of the same proposition, drawn from the promises made by Christ, when He declared that He would drink of the fruit of the vine with His disciples in His Father's kingdom, while at the same time He promised to reward them an hundred-fold, and to make them partake of banquets. The blessing pronounced by Jacob had pointed out this already, as Papias and the elders h…
2. And when they were departed, behold, an angel appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt. Matthew 2:13 There is something here worth inquiring into, both touching the magi, and touching the Child; for if even they were not troubled, but received all with faith, it is worthy of examination on our part, why they an…
Cross-references
- Gen 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Gen 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Gen 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall se
- Gen 32:17 — And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
- Gen 42:6 — And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- Gen 43:26 — And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
- Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Matt 5:25 — Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into pris