Verse 12

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Exod 34:8 : 8 Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.
  • 2 Kgs 4:37 : 37 And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,
  • Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.
  • Gen 23:7 : 7 And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.
  • Gen 33:3 : 3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.