'Face' in the Bible

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.

And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.

And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.

But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.