12 And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;
and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.
and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,
And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,
And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.
And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.
And she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out.
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Commentary on Genesis 48 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 48
The time drawing nigh that Israel must die, having, in the former chapter, given order about his burial, in this he takes leave of his grand-children by Joseph, and in the next of all his children. Thus Jacob's dying words are recorded, because he then spoke by a spirit of prophecy; Abraham's and Isaac's are not. God's gifts and graces shine forth much more in some saints than in others upon their death-beds. The Spirit, like the wind, blows where it listeth. In this chapter,
Gen 48:1-7
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Gen 48:8-22
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