Genesis 50:18
And they came to him and said, We, these persons, are thy servants.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
In Context
19And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God’s.
Cross References
Genesis 37:7I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.
Genesis 45:3And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:16-22
Joseph Comforts His Brethren. ( b. c. 1689.) 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God… Read the whole commentary →