Genesis 43:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.

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  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
  • Gen 37:7-9 : 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!” 8 Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said. 9 Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers.“Look,” he said.“I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams! 20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”
  • Gen 27:29 : 29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 “Your servant our father is well,” they replied.“He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.
  • Ps 72:9 : 9 Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.
  • Rom 14:11 : 11 For it is written,“As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”
  • Phil 2:10-11 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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  • Gen 43:24-25
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    83%

    24The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.

    25They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 44:14
    81%

    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

  • Gen 48:12
    81%

    12So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

  • Gen 33:6-7
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    80%

    6The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.

    7Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

  • Gen 43:15-17
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    79%

    15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

    16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household,“Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 50:18
    77%

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Gen 33:3
    77%

    3But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

  • Gen 43:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27He asked them how they were doing. Then he said,“Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

    28“Your servant our father is well,” they replied.“He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.

  • Gen 24:52
    75%

    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

  • Gen 43:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

    20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

  • Gen 23:12
    73%

    12Abraham bowed before the local people

  • Gen 45:4
    73%

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 46:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

    29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

  • Gen 42:25
    72%

    25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

  • Gen 47:5
    72%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 24:26
    72%

    26The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD,

  • Gen 46:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

    32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

  • Gen 41:43
    72%

    43Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him,“Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:7
    71%

    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 43:2
    71%

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • Gen 42:3
    71%

    3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 47:1
    71%

    1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 45:9
    71%

    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

  • Gen 45:16
    71%

    16Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh,“Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

  • Gen 42:29
    71%

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 47:12
    70%

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.