Genesis 50:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Then his brothers also wept, fell down before him, and said, “We are here as your slaves.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then his brothers went and fell down before him, saying, See, we are your servants (your slaves)!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ His brothers wept too, fell down in front of him, and said, “We’re here as your slaves.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And his brothers went to him. And reverencing prostrate on the ground, they said, "We are your servants."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.

Genesis 50:18 Cross References

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Genesis 41:43

He had him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they cried out in front of him, “Bow the knee!” Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 44:14

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

Genesis 45:3

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.

Genesis 50:17

‘Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime of your brothers and the wrong they did in harming you.’ Now therefore please forgive the crime of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Genesis 50:19

But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God?