AC6266 - Bowing

AC 6266

And he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
(Genesis 48:12)

That this means their humiliation,
is evident from the meaning of
"bowing himself with his face to the earth,"
as being interior humiliation;
for such bowing is a bodily act
that corresponds to humiliation of mind;
consequently they who adore God from the heart,
thus bow themselves.