26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; …
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. …
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-34)Here is, I. The great respect that Joseph’s brethren paid to him. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him (Gen. 43:26); and again, when they gave him an account of their father’s health, they made obeisance , and called him, Thy servant our father , Gen. 43:28. Thus were Joseph’s dreams fulfilled more and more: and even the father, by the sons, bowed before him , accord…
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