Genesis 48:12

Overview - Genesis 48
1	Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.
2	Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
3	He repeats God's promise.
5	He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.
7	He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
8	He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
17	He prefers the younger before the elder.
21	He prophesies their return to Canaan.

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Genesis 48:12 (King James Version)
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

he bowed himself: Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due to 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 observes, that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt. 18:2 19:1 23:7 33:3 42:6 Exodus 20:12 ; 34:8 Leviticus 19:3 Leviticus 19:32 ; 1 Kings 2:19; 2 Kings 4:37 ; Proverbs 31:28 ; Ephesians 6:1