Genesis 48:12 “Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedow…”

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

World English Bible

Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

American Standard Version

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, and did reuerence downe to the ground.

Darby Translation

And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

Bible in Basic English

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

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Cross references

“he bowed himself”

Genesis 42:6 Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 23:7 Genesis 33:3 Exodus 20:12

Genesis 42:6 · BSB

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 18:2 · BSB

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 19:1 · BSB

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Genesis 23:7 · BSB

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 33:3 · BSB

But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Exodus 20:12 · BSB

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”

13And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.

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