Genesis 48:12
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 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
- Exod 20:12 : 12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Exod 34:8 : 8 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
- Lev 19:3 : 3 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
- Lev 19:32 : 32 You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to 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 praises her:
- Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Gen 18:2 : 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Gen 19:1 : 1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Gen 23:7 : 7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
- Gen 33:3 : 3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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- Gen 48:13-153 verses87%
13Joseph 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.
14Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
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26When 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 48:8-114 verses80%
8Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
9Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."
- Gen 33:6-72 verses80%
6Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Gen 50:23-253 verses80%
23Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
24Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
25Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
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6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
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1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
- Gen 48:17-182 verses79%
17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove 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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3He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
- Gen 48:1-22 verses77%
1It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
- Gen 48:20-212 verses77%
20He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- Gen 46:28-314 verses77%
28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
29Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
- Gen 50:17-182 verses77%
17"So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
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7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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15The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
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29The 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, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
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4I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
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14Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
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12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
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26The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
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4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Gen 50:7-82 verses72%
7Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.