Genesis 48:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Joseph removed the boys from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joseph{H3130} brought them out{H3318} from between{H5973} his knees;{H1290} and he bowed{H7812} himself with his face{H639} to the earth.{H776}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joseph{H3130} brought them out{H3318}{(H8686)} from between{H5973} his knees{H1290}, and he bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} himself with his face{H639} to the earth{H776}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Ioseph toke them from his lappe, and they fell downe to the grounde vpon their face.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ioseph toke them away fro his lappe, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:6 : 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
• Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
• Exod 34:8 : 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
• Lev 19:3 : 3 You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 19:32 : 32 You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and had a seat set for the king's mother; and she sat at his right hand.
• 2 Kgs 4:37 : 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
• Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.
• 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 behold, three men stood by him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the ground,
• Gen 19:1 : 1 And two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the ground.
• Gen 23:7 : 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
• Gen 33:3 : 3 And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.