'Down' in the Bible

And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

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;

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

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.

Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.

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

Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.

And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.

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

And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

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

Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.

Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;

And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

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.

If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

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

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

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