4701. Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? That this signifies will the church adore, is evident from the signification of "coming to bow down," as being to be about to adore (see n. 4689, 4698); and from the signification of "father" (who here is "I"), and "mother" and "brethren," as being the church, here the Jewish Church, as just shown.