'Bowed' in the Bible
Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.
But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.
There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"
Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.
"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.
Jacob said, "Swear to me that you will do so." So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.
So Joseph moved them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.