12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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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.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)Here is, I. The blessing with which Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph, which is the more remarkable because the apostle makes such particular mention of it (Heb. 11:21), while he says nothing of the blessing which Jacob pronounced on the rest of his sons, though that also was done in faith. Observe here, 1. Jacob was blind for age, Gen. 48:10. It is one of the common infirmities of old age. Tho…
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