Genesis 41:43

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 Genesis 41:40 above, and Psalms 2:12 . Compare Genesis 45:8 , and John 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.