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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 48 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.