Genesis 50:18

World English Bible (2000)

His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."

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  • Gen 37:7-9 : 7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf." 8 His brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words. 9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me." 10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?" 11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
  • Gen 44:14 : 14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
  • Gen 27:29 : 29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
  • Gen 45:3 : 3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

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  • Gen 50:15-17
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    15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him."

    16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

    17 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

    8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

  • Gen 44:14-18
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    14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

    16 Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."

    17 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."

    18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

    4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 50:19
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    19 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

  • Gen 43:26
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    26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 42:10
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    10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 45:15-17
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    15 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

    16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 48:12
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    12 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

  • Gen 47:25
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    25 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

  • Gen 43:28
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    28 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

  • Gen 50:1
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    1 Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

    14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • Gen 44:7
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    7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Gen 45:9
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    9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

  • Gen 33:6
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    6 Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

  • Gen 43:15
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    15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 47:3
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    3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers."

  • Gen 44:23
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    23 You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

  • Gen 42:3
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    3 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 37:7
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    7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

  • Gen 33:3
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    3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

  • Gen 47:1
    73%

    1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."