Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

He bowed himself

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 34:8
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Leviticus 19:3
“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.
1 Kings 2:19
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother. So she sat down at his right hand.
2 Kings 4:37
She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.
Proverbs 31:28
Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.

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