Genesis 48:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,

Genesis 19:1

The two angels reached Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to greet them; and bowing down with his face to the ground,

Genesis 23:7

Abraham, however, proceeded to bow low before the people of the land, the Hittites,

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on ahead of them, bowing to the ground seven times, until he reached his brother.

Genesis 42:6

Joseph, as governor of the country, was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. When Joseph’s brothers came, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 48:11

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your descendants as well!”

Genesis 48:13

Then Joseph took the two, Ephraim with his right hand, to Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand, to Israel’s right, and brought them up to him.

1 Kings 2:19

Then Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king stood up to meet her and paid her homage. Then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king’s mother, who sat at his right.

2 Kings 4:37

She came in and fell at his feet in homage; then she took her son and left. The Poisoned Stew.

Exodus 20:12

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

Exodus 34:8

Moses at once knelt and bowed down to the ground.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband, too, praises her:

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the Lord, am your God.

Leviticus 19:32

Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the old, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right.