² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

² Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

¹ The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

³ The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

⁷ Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

¹³ It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?

¹⁴ Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

²⁸ They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

²⁶ When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

²⁴ Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

⁶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name:

⁷ but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

⁸ Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.

⁹ God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with her.

¹⁰ The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the [other] day.

¹¹ Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman? He said, I am.

³ He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

⁴ Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

⁵ He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

⁶ Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

⁷ Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

⁹ Be hospitable one to another without grumbling.

¹³ contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

¹⁵ When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.