Genesis 48:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth,

Genesis 23:7

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

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Genesis 42:6

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

Genesis 48:11

And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has let me see your children also.”

Genesis 48:13

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him.

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king's mother; and she sat on his right.

2 Kings 4:37

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

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 34:8

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

Proverbs 31:28

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

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1

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