Genesis 48:12
So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.
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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.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
- Exod 34:8 : 8 Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped
- Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 19:32 : 32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.
- 2 Kgs 4:37 : 37 She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.
- Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children have risen and called her blessed; her husband also has praised her:
- Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Gen 18:2 : 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- Gen 19:1 : 1 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
- Gen 23:7 : 7 Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
- Gen 33:3 : 3 But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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- Gen 48:13-153 verses87%
13Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.
14Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
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26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.
- Gen 48:8-114 verses80%
8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked,“Who are these?”
9Joseph said to his father,“They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said,“Bring them to me so I may bless them.”
10Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
- Gen 33:6-72 verses80%
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 50:23-253 verses80%
23Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.
24Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
25Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said,“God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
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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.
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1The Burials of Jacob and Joseph Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.
- Gen 48:17-182 verses79%
17When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18Joseph said to his father,“Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
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3But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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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 48:1-22 verses77%
1Manasseh and Ephraim After these things Joseph was told,“Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.
- Gen 48:20-212 verses77%
20So he blessed them that day, saying,“By you will Israel bless, saying,‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Gen 46:28-314 verses77%
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.
30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
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.
- Gen 50:17-182 verses77%
17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.
18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
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7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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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.
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29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”
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14After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.
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12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.
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26The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
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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 50:7-82 verses72%
7So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him– the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.