Genesis 41:43 Commentary - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

they. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "one".

Bow the knee. This is not Hebrew "tender father", as Authorized Version margin, but Egyptian. Abrek = bend or bow the knee. See Gen 41:40 above, and Psa 2:12. Compare Gen 45:8, and Joh 8:8 in Coptic NT. ("stooped down"). A command still used in Egypt to make camels kneel ("Abrok"). According to Sayce, Abrek is a Sumerian title = -"The Seer". This would demand prostration.