Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth
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