The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Throw it to the ground.&#8221; So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake,<n id="2" /> and Moses ran from it.

<p class="bodytext">Moses quickly bowed<n id="1" /> to the ground and worshiped

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Jacob moved on<n id="1" /> and came to the land of the eastern people.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">So Joseph moved them from Israel&#8217;s knees<n id="1" /> and bowed down with his face to the ground.

<p class="poetry">Who entrusted<n id="1" /> to him the earth?p> <p class="poetry">And who put him over<n id="2" /> the whole world?p>

<p class="bodytext">While he was saying this to me,<n id="1" /> I was flat on<n id="2" /> the ground and unable to speak.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev<n id="1" /> region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident<n id="2" /> in Gerar,

<p class="bodytext">When Abraham&#8217;s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">Jacob sent messengers on ahead<n id="1" /> to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region<n id="2" /> of Edom.

But Jacob<n id="1" /> himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached<n id="2" /> his brother.

So each man quickly lowered<n id="1" /> his sack to the ground and opened it.

<p class="bodytext">So Judah and his brothers<n id="1" /> came back to Joseph&#8217;s house. He was still there,<n id="2" /> and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

<p class="bodytext">Jacob<n id="1" /> sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen.<n id="2" /> So they came to the land of Goshen.

Samuel continued to grow, and the <sc>Lordsc> was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.<n id="1" />

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, &#8220;Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash<n id="1" /> the feet of the servants of my lord.&#8221;

Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.p>

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Job got up<n id="1" /> and tore his robe.<n id="2" /> He shaved his head,<n id="3" /> and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">The clouds<n id="1" /> go round in circles,p> <p class="poetry">wheeling about according to his plans,p> <p class="poetry">to carry out<n id="2" /> all that he commands themp> <p class="poetry">over the face of the whole inhabited world.p>

<p class="poetry">Edom&#8217;s<n id="1" /> streams will be turned into pitchp> <p class="poetry">and her soil into brimstone;p> <p class="poetry">her land will become burning pitch.p>