Genesis 48:12
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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
In other translations
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Genesis 42:6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Proverbs 31:28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
- Genesis 18:2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- 1 Kings 2:19Bath–sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
- Genesis 33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
- Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- 2 Kings 4:37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
- Genesis 19:1And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
- Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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