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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, since I am a foreigner?”
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Verse 10. Country. S. Elizabeth was impressed with similar sentiments, when she was visited by the blessed Virgin; ( Bible.) and so was David, when he considered the wonderful condescension of God. Psalms 8:5. 143:3. Job 7:17. Calmet.—Frequent instances occur in Scripture of people worshipping, or shewing their gratitude to their fellow creatures, by this posture of the body. Menochius.—Yet no suspicion of idolatry attaches to them. Genesis 23:7. and so forth Bible.
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