Genesis 48:12 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹² Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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)

¹² And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Common English Bible

¹² Then Joseph took them from Israel’s knees, and he bowed low with his face to the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² 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

¹² And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 48:12 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 18:2

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:7

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

Genesis 33:3

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

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, ‘I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.’

Genesis 48:13

And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right towards Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left towards Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.

1 Kings 2:19

When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

2 Kings 4:37

She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.

Exodus 20:12

Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 34:8

Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshipped.

Proverbs 31:28

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

Leviticus 19:3

‘ “Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32

‘ “Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1

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