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.

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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 to 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 knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,

  • Gen 43:26
    81%

    26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the ground.

  • Gen 48:8-11
    4 verses
    80%

    8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

    9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.

    10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, lo, God has shown me also your seed.

  • Gen 33:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

    7And Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves; and afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, 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 brought up upon Joseph's knees.

    24And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

    25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

  • Gen 42:6
    79%

    6And 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.

  • 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 to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.

  • Gen 33:3
    78%

    3And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

  • Gen 44:14
    78%

    14And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was still 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 told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

    2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

  • Gen 48:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall 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 to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

    29And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen, and he presented himself to him, and he embraced him, and wept on his shoulder for a good while.

    30And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.

    31And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 50:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

    18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your 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 gift, 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 to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I pray you, in Egypt:

  • Gen 46:4
    74%

    4I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.

  • Gen 50:14
    73%

    14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, 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 brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 49:26
    73%

    26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 45:4
    73%

    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you 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 brothers, and his father's house, only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.