Genesis 48:12

Genesis chapter 48 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

v.12This passage

v.13And 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 unto him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • 1 Kings 2:19

    Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  • Genesis 33:3

    And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

  • Genesis 42:6

    And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

  • Leviticus 19:3

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Genesis 23:7

    And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.