OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 48:12

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

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Verse 12. Lap, (gremio, breast,) after Jacob had embraced them; or from between his knees, where they knelt to receive his blessing.—Bowed down, out of reverence to his father, and to beg of God that he would put words of comfort into the mouth of his father, on this solemn and important occasion. Then, in order that his children might not lean upon, or incommode Jacob, he placed them, the elder at his right-hand, the other at his left. Bible.

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