Augustine of Hippo : MEANING OF THE WORD ADORE. — " Abraham, rising, adored the people of this land ." We may ask how it is written, “you will worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve only him (Deut. 6:13);" if Abraham showed reverence to a Gentile people to the point of worshiping? But it must be noted: it is not said in this commandment: Thou shall worship only the Lord thy God, as it is said: Thou shall serve "only him," a word that in Greek corresponds to . For such servitude should only be given to God. That is why the idolaters are condemned, i.e. those who give idols the kind of servitude that is owed to God. And it should not cause us trouble the fact that in another passage of Scripture an angel forbids a man to adore him and warns him that it is the Lord to whom one must worship (Cf. Rev. 19:10). Indeed, the angel had manifested himself in such a way that he could be worshipped as a god, and that is why the worshipper had to be admonished. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 60 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)