Quotes About Respect

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ëYour servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

The young man, who was the most respected of all his fatherís household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacobís daughter.

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.

“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.