And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;

but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother.

And they said - It is well with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bent their heads and bowed them-selves down.

And he said - Nay, but, I, as prince of the host of Yahweh, have, now, come. So Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said unto him, What is my lord speaking unto his servant?

so as not to go in among these nations, these which remain with you, - and, with the name of their gods, shall ye neither make memorial nor put on oath, and neither serve them, - nor bow down to them.

But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them, - they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way.

All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!

Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;

So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of the branches and warmed himself, Also he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread, - Also he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it:

Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending-sacrifice? with calves of a year old?

For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father, -