And Joseph brought them out from between his
knees
Either from between his own, where they were kneeling, as he was
sitting, in order that they might be nearer his father, to
receive his blessing by the putting on of his hands; or rather
from between his father's knees, he, as Aben Ezra observes,
sitting on the bed, having kissed and embraced them, they were
still between his knees; and that they might not be burdensome to
his aged father, leaning on his breast, and especially, in order
to put them in a proper position for his benediction, he took
them from thence, and placed them over against him to his right
and left hand: and he bowed himself with his face to the
earth;
in a civil way to his father, and in reverence of him; in a
religious way to God, expressing his thankfulness for all favours
to him and his, and as supplicating a blessing for his sons
through his father, under a divine influence and direction.
Genesis 48:12
