Reference: Bowing
Easton
a mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Ge 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Ge 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Ge 43:28). Bowing is also frequently mentioned as an act of adoration to idols (Jos 23:7; 2Ki 5:18; Jg 2:19; Isa 44:15), and to God (Jos 5:14; Ps 22:29; 72:9; Mic 6:6; Ps 95:6; Eph 3:14).
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And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.
And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.
And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?
Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.
O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.
Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it.
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,