Genesis 17:17

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Summary

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Fell

Laughed

General references

Genesis 17:3

Genesis 21:5

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

Fell

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked moreover with him, saying,

And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar: the burnt offering and the fat. And all the people saw it and shouted, and fell on their faces.

And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the multitude of the children of Israel.

And they fell upon their faces, and said, "O most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh; one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?"

And I fell before the LORD, even as at the first time - forty days and nights, and neither ate bread nor drank water - over all your sins which ye had sinned in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD and in provoking him.

And he answered, "Nay, but I am the captain of the host of the LORD and am now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did reverence, and said unto him, "What sayeth my Lord unto his servant?"

And Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, both he and the elders of Israel; and put earth upon their heads.

For when the flame came up out of the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked upon and fell flat on their faces unto the ground.

And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and heaven with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out toward Jerusalem. Then fell David and the elders of Israel, clothed in sack, upon their faces.

Then Job stood up, and rent his clothes, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Yea the shine and glister that lightened round about, was like a rainbow, which in a rainy day appeareth in the clouds. Even so was the similitude, wherein the glory of the LORD appeared. When I saw it, I fell upon my face, and hearkened unto the voice of him that spake.

So he came, and stood by me. But I was afraid at his coming, and fell down upon my face. Then said he unto me, "O thou son of man, mark well, for in the last time shall this vision be fulfilled."

and went into the house, and found the child with Mary his mother, and knelt down, and worshipped him: and opened their treasures, and offered unto him gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh.

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and twenty four elders fell down before the lamb, having harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints,

And the twenty four elders, which sit before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

Laughed

And Sara laughed in herself saying, "Now I am waxed old, shall I give myself to lust, and my lord old also?"

And Sara said, "God hath made me a laughingstock: for all that hear, will laugh at me."

Your father Abraham was glad to see my day, and he saw it and rejoiced."

And he fainted not in the faith, nor yet considered his own body, which was now dead, even when he was almost a hundred years old: neither yet that Sara was past childbearing.

General references

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked moreover with him, saying,

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises.