Verse 12

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

Referenced Verses

• 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.