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OET (OET-RV) Then his brothers also came and bowed to the ground in front of him and pleaded, “Here we are. We belong to you as slaves.”
OET-LV And_came also brothers_his and_fell_down before_face/front_him and_they_said see_we to/for_yourself(m) as_slaves.
UHB וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃ ‡
(vayyēləkū gam-ʼeḩāyv vayyiplū ləfānāyv vayyoʼmərū hinnennū ləkā laˊₐⱱādiym.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then his brothers also came and fell before him and said, “Behold us, we belong to you as slaves!”
UST Then his brothers came to him, prostrated themselves before him to show respect, and said to him, “Here we are, we will be your servants!”
BSB His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
OEB his brothers also went and fell down before him and said, ‘See, we are your slaves.’
WEB His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
NET Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”
LSV And his brothers also go and fall before him, and say, “Behold, we [are] to you for servants.”
FBV Then his brothers themselves came and fell down before Joseph and said, “We are your slaves!”
T4T Then his older brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.”
LEB Then his brothers went also and fell before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
BBE Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'
ASV And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
DRA And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.
YLT And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we [are] to thee for servants.'
DBY And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
RV And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
WBS And his brethren also went and fell down before his face: and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
KJB And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
(And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy/your servants. )
BB Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.
(Also his brethren came unto him, and fell flat before his face, saying: behold, we be thy/your servants.)
GNV Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.
(Also his brethren came unto him, and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we be thy/your servants. )
CB And his brethren wente, and fell downe before him, and sayde: Beholde, here are we thy seruauntes.
(And his brethren wente, and fell down before him, and said: Behold, here are we thy/your servants.)
WYC And hise britheren camen to hym, and worschipiden lowe to erthe, and seiden, We ben thi seruauntis.
(And his brethren/brothers came to him, and worshippedn lowe to earth, and said, We been thy/your servants.)
LUT Und seine Brüder gingen hin und fielen vor ihm nieder und sprachen: Siehe, wir sind deine Knechte.
(And his brothers gingen there and fielen before/in_front_of him nieder and said: Siehe, wir are your Knechte.)
CLV Veneruntque ad eum fratres sui: et proni adorantes in terram, dixerunt: Servi tui sumus.
(Veneruntque to him fratres sui: and proni adorantes in the_earth/land, dixerunt: Servi yours sumus. )
BRN And they came to him and said, We, these persons, are thy servants.
BrLXX Καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπαν, οἵδε ἡμεῖς σοὶ οἰκέται.
(Kai elthontes pros auton eipan, hoide haʸmeis soi oiketai. )
50:15-18 The brothers pleaded for Joseph’s forgiveness, referring to themselves as Joseph’s slaves (cp. 37:7; 44:16, 33). The brothers were afraid that Joseph’s earlier reconciliation with them had been motivated only by his desire to see his father again. With neither Jacob nor Pharaoh to restrain him, they feared that he might now take revenge on them. But Joseph . . . wept because they still feared reprisal.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
and,fell_down before,face/front,him and=they_said
See how you translated “fell … before him” in Gen 44:14. Compare that to how you translated “bowed down to/before …” (See: 49:8). Alternate translation: “and threw themselves on the ground in front of him and said,”
הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ
behold,we
See how you translated a similar phrase (“Behold me”) in 22:1, 7. It may be necessary to translate this phrase in different ways, depending on the context.
לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים
to/for=yourself(m) as,slaves
If you use an exclamation point here in your translation, make sure it does mean that Joseph’s brothers were angry. Rather, they were worried and desperate. Alternate translation: “we will be your slaves” or “we will serve you as slaves”