From between his knees; not his own knees, from which they had been taken before, but Jacob's knees, between which they stood whilst Jacob kissed and embraced them; from which Joseph removed them, partly that they might not be burdensome to their aged and weak grandfather, and principally that he might place them in fit order and reverent posture to receive the blessing for which he longed. He bowed himself, testifying thereby his reverence to his father, his thankfulness for the favour which he had now showed to him and his, and his humble and earnest request for his blessing upon them.
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Genesis 48:12
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.