from betweene his knees] Joseph sitting downe, his two sonnes kneeled before him betwixt his knees, whom Joseph thence brought neerer to his father, and set them in a convenient posture to receive the benediction of their grandfather, with imposition of his hands upon the: See the first An. on 5: 14. he bowed himselfe] This bowing of Joseph might be ceremoniall to his father, and religious towards God upon different grounds and motives; so the people bowed downe their heads and worshipped the Lord and the King, 1 Chronicles 29:20.