Genesis 1:17
Genesis 15:11
birds of prey <05861> [fowls.]
Abram <087> [Abram.]
Genesis 40:6
depressed <02196> [and, behold.]
Genesis 48:12
bowed ..... face <07812 0639> [he bowed himself.]
Joseph thus shewed that his external greatness did not render him forgetful of the respect due to his father. The Egyptians were remarkable for the reverence paid to old age: "for if a young person meet his senior, he instantly turns aside to make way for him; if an aged person enter an apartment, the youth always rise from their seats;" and Mr. Savary observes, that the same reverence is still paid to old age in Egypt.
