GEN 50:18 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπαν, οἵδε ἡμεῖς σοὶ οἰκέται.
(Kai elthontes pros auton eipan, hoide haʸmeis soi oiketai. )

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.’

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

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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.'

Drby 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.

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

KJB-1769 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
(And his brethren/brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy/your servants. )

KJB-1611 And his brethren also went and fell downe before his face, and they said, Behold, we be thy seruants.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.
(Also his brethren/brothers came unto him, and fell flat before his face, saying: behold, we be thy/your servants.)

Gnva Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.
(Also his brethren/brothers came unto him, and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we be thy/your servants. )

Cvdl And his brethren wente, and fell downe before him, and sayde: Beholde, here are we thy seruauntes.
(And his brethren/brothers wente, and fell down before him, and said: Behold, here are we thy/your servants.)

Wycl 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.)

Luth Und seine Brüder gingen hin und fielen vor ihm nieder und sprachen: Siehe, wir sind deine Knechte.
(And his brothers went there and fell before/in_front_of him nieder and said: See, we/us are your servant(s).)

ClVg Veneruntque ad eum fratres sui: et proni adorantes in terram, dixerunt: Servi tui sumus.
(And_they_came to him brothers sui: and proni adorantes in the_earth/land, dixerunt: Servi yours sumus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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”

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