He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
Genesis 48:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 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. American Standard Version (1901) And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Common English Bible Then Joseph took them from Israel’s knees, and he bowed low with his face to the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he reverenced prone on the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground. |
He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
He himself went on ahead of them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near his brother.
Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he 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.
Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”
Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them near him.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.
She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took her son and left.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband, too, and he praises her:
You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.