◄ Genesis 43:26 ►
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Good News Translation
When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him.

New Revised Standard Version
When Joseph came home, they brought him the present that they had carried into the house, and bowed to the ground before him.

Contemporary English Version
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought, and they bowed down to him.

New American Bible
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, while they bowed down before him to the ground.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Joseph came in to his house, and they offered him the presents, holding them in their hands; and they bowed down with their face to the ground.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Joseph came in to his house, and they offered him the presents, holding them in their hands; and they bowed down with their face to the ground.

bowed.

Genesis 43:28 And they answered: Thy servant our father, is in health; he is yet living. And bowing themselves, they made obeisance to him.

Genesis 27:29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

Genesis 37:7-10,19,20 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf. . . .

Genesis 42:6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,

Psalm 72:9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.

Romans 14:11 For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

Philippians 2:10,11 That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: . . .

Context
Joseph's Hospitality to His Brothers
…25But they made ready the presents, against Joseph came at noon: for they had heard that they should eat bread there. 26Then Joseph came in to his house, and they offered him the presents, holding them in their hands; and they bowed down with their face to the ground.27But he courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?…
Cross References
Genesis 33:3
And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near.

Genesis 37:7
I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf.

Genesis 37:10
And when he had told this to his father, and brethren, his father rebuked him and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?

Genesis 43:11
Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

Exodus 18:7
And he went out to meet his kinsman, and worshipped and kissed him: and they saluted one another with words of peace. And when he was come into the tent,

Genesis 43:25
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