Genesis 48:12

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Joseph took [the boys] from [his father's embrace] and he bowed [before him] with his face to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land; and Joseph's [half] brothers came and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the ground.

Ephesians 6:1

CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied); and her husband boasts of and praises her, [saying],

2 Kings 4:37

She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground. Then she took up her son and went out.

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set at his right hand for her, the king's mother.

Leviticus 19:32

You shall rise up before the hoary head and honor the face of the old man and [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you shall give due respect to his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths holy. I the Lord am your God.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth and worshiped.

Exodus 20:12

Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.

Genesis 33:3

Then Jacob went over [the stream] before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Genesis 23:7

And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 19:1

IT WAS evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom's [city] gate. Seeing them, Lot rose up to meet them and bowed to the ground.

Genesis 18:2

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood at a little distance from him. He ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the ground

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought that I would see your face, but see, God has shown me your offspring also.

Genesis 48:13

Then Joseph took both [boys], Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him.