Genesis 48:12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels entered Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at Sodom’s gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He bowed with his face to the ground

Genesis 23:7

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

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times until he approached his brother.

Genesis 42:6

Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”

Genesis 48:13

Then Joseph took them both — with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel’s left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel’s right — and brought them to Israel.

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother. So she sat down at his right hand.

2 Kings 4:37

She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 34:8

Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

Proverbs 31:28

Her sons rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Leviticus 19:3

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 19:32

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.