Kejadian 23:7

23:7 Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, ¹  the sons of Heth.

Kejadian 33:3-7

33:3 But Jacob ²  himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached ³  his brother. 33:4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept. 33:5 When Esau ⁴  looked up ⁵  and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob ⁶  replied, “The children whom God has graciously given ⁷  your servant.” 33:6 The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down. ⁸  33:7 Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

Kejadian 43:26

43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, ⁹  and they bowed down to the ground before him.

Kejadian 43:28

43:28 “Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility. ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 44:14

44:14 So Judah and his brothers ¹¹  came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, ¹²  and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

[23:7]  ¹ tn Heb “to the people of the land” (also in v. 12).

[33:3]  ² tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:3]  ³ tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.

[33:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”

[33:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb means “to be gracious; to show favor”; here it carries the nuance “to give graciously.”

[33:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the female servants drew near, they and their children and they bowed down.”

[43:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “into the house.”

[43:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they bowed low and they bowed down.” The use of synonyms here emphasizes the brothers’ humility.

[44:14]  ¹¹ sn Judah and his brothers. The narrative is already beginning to bring Judah to the forefront.

[44:14]  ¹² tn The disjunctive clause here provides supplemental information.