9 Bible Verses about Bowing Before Joseph
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There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"
Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said. "I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, "What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?"
Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, "Kneel down!" So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him.
"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility.
So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph's house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, "Here we are; we are your slaves."