Genesis 48:12
Good News Translation
Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Contemporary English Version
Then Joseph made his sons move away from Jacob's knees, and Joseph bowed down in front of him with his face to the ground.

New American Bible
Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

he bowed himself.

Genesis 18:2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

Genesis 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.

Genesis 23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:

Genesis 33:3 And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near.

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,

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Exodus 34:8 And Moses making haste, bowed down prostrate unto the earth, and adoring,

Leviticus 19:3,32 Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. . . .

1 Kings 2:19 Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his throne: and a throne was set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

2 Kings 4:37 She came and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground: and took up her son, and went out.

Proverbs 31:28 Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

Context
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
11And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed. 12And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.13And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him.…
Cross References
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,

Genesis 48:11
And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed.

Genesis 48:13
And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him.

Genesis 48:11
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