Genesis 48:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֹתָ֖ם מֵעִ֣ם בִּרְכָּ֑יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְאַפָּ֖יו אָֽרְצָה

Transliteration

And wayyôṣēʾ yôsēp̄ ʾōtām from with mēʿim birkāyw and wayyištaḥû to lĕʾappāyw ʾārṣāh

Grammar Details

*wayyôṣēʾ*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought out
*yôsēp̄*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*mēʿim*: preposition + preposition - from with
*birkāyw*: noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his knees
*wayyištaḥû*: waw-consecutive + Hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he bowed down
*lĕʾappāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine dual construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his face
*ʾārṣāh*: noun, feminine singular + directional suffix - to the earth/ground

Word Meanings

*wayyôṣēʾ*: and he brought out/removed/took
*mēʿim*: from with/from beside/from between
*birkāyw*: his knees/lap
*wayyištaḥû*: and he bowed down/prostrated himself/paid homage
*lĕʾappāyw*: to his face/nostrils
*ʾārṣāh*: to the earth/ground/land

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 42:6 : 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Exod 34:8 : 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 Bath-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 throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
2 Kgs 4:37 : 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying]:
Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Gen 18:2 : 2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
Gen 19:1 : 1 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
Gen 23:7 : 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Gen 33:3 : 3 And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 48:13-15
3 verses
87%
13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.
15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
Gen 43:26
81%
26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
Gen 48:8-11
4 verses
80%
8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
Gen 33:6-7
2 verses
80%
6Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Gen 50:23-25
3 verses
80%
23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Gen 42:6
79%
6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
Gen 50:1
79%
1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Gen 48:17-18
2 verses
79%
17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
Gen 33:3
78%
3And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Gen 44:14
78%
14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Gen 48:1-2
2 verses
77%
1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Gen 48:20-21
2 verses
77%
20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Gen 46:28-31
4 verses
77%
28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Gen 50:17-18
2 verses
77%
17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
Gen 47:7
77%
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Gen 43:15
75%
15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Gen 47:29
75%
29And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;
Gen 46:4
74%
4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Gen 50:14
73%
14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
Gen 47:12
73%
12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Gen 49:26
73%
26The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Gen 45:4
73%
4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Gen 50:7-8
2 verses
72%
7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.