Bible Strands
Genesis 24:26
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — The Abraham servant responds to Rebekah’s offer of lodging and provisions by bowing low before Yahweh.
The words — The Hebrew terms וַיִּקֹּד (va.yi.kod, "he bowed low") and וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶה (va.yish.ta.chu, "he bowed down") describe physical prostration directed to Yahweh.
The thread — The text records identical prostration in Genesis 24:48 and 24:52 when the servant reports the journey’s outcome, and parallels the Israelites’ response in Exodus 4:31.
Why it lands — The verse documents a physical act of worship triggered by observed providence, requiring the reader to recognize divine guidance in concrete circumstances.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
Cross-references
- Genesis 24:48 Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
- Genesis 24:52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
- Exodus 4:31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- Exodus 12:27 you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- Exodus 34:8 Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
- 1 Chronicles 29:20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- 2 Chronicles 20:18 Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
- Nehemiah 8:6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- Psalms 22:29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.