Genesis 47:31

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
KJV

Et ille : Jura ergo, inquit, mihi. Quo jurante, adoravit Israël Deum, conversus ad lectuli caput.
Vulgate

εἶπεν δέ Ὄμοσόν μοι. καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ· καὶ προσεκύνησεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.
LXX

And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
ASV

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר הִשָּֽׁבְעָ/ה֙ לִ֔/י וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַל רֹ֥אשׁ הַ/מִּטָּֽה
Hebrew

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ

noun · 28×

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

yshr'l

proper_noun · 2486×

יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

yshtchv

verb · 174×

יֹּ֣אמֶר

y'mr

verb · 5290×

נִשְׁבַּ֥ע

nshb'

verb · 182×

עַל

noun · 5732×

רֹ֣אשׁ

r'sh

noun · 593×

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

Heb 11:21 · paraphrase

"By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff."

Genesis: Jacob worshipped leaning on the top of his staff — by faith

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1Kgs 1:47 — And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself u
1Kgs 1:47 — And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself u
Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Heb 11:21 — By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Heb 11:21 — By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.