Genesis 48:12
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3318 [e]וַיּוֹצֵ֥א
way-yō-w-ṣê
So broughtConj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
3130 [e]יוֹסֵ֛ף
yō-w-sêp̄
JosephN-proper-ms
853 [e]אֹתָ֖ם
’ō-ṯām
themDirObjM | 3mp
5973 [e]מֵעִ֣ם
mê-‘im
from besidePrep-m
1290 [e]בִּרְכָּ֑יו
bir-kāw;
his kneesN-fdc | 3ms
7812 [e]וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
way-yiš-ta-ḥū
and he bowed downConj-w | V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms
639 [e]לְאַפָּ֖יו
lə-’ap-pāw
with his facePrep-l | N-mdc | 3ms
776 [e]אָֽרְצָה׃
’ā-rə-ṣāh.
to the groundN-fs | 3fs





















Hebrew Texts
בראשית 48:12 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּוצֵ֥א יֹוסֵ֛ף אֹתָ֖ם מֵעִ֣ם בִּרְכָּ֑יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְאַפָּ֖יו אָֽרְצָה׃

בראשית 48:12 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ויוצא יוסף אתם מעם ברכיו וישתחו לאפיו ארצה׃

בראשית 48:12 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ויוצא יוסף אתם מעם ברכיו וישתחו לאפיו ארצה׃

בראשית 48:12 Hebrew Bible
ויוצא יוסף אתם מעם ברכיו וישתחו לאפיו ארצה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Joseph took them from his father's knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he bowed himself. Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due his father. The Egyptians were remarkable for the reverence paid to old age: 'for if a young person meet his senior, he instantly turns aside to make way for him; if an aged person enter an apartment, the youth always rise from their seats;' and Mr. Savary observe, that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt.

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Exodus 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

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