We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat. My sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it.

Joseph had another dream and told his brothers: I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.

He also told the dream to his father. His father scolded him. What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?

He had him ride in his second chariot. They proclaimed before him: Bow the knee! Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.

As governor of the country, Joseph was selling grain to everyone. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed in front of him with their faces touching the ground.

Joseph came home and they gave him the gifts they had brought. They bowed down to him.

They answered: Your servant our father is still alive and well. Again they bowed down to Joseph.

When Judah and his brothers got there, Joseph was still at home. So they bowed down to Joseph.

Then his brothers also came and immediately bowed down in front of him. We are your slaves! they said.