The Meaning of Genesis 50:18 Explained

Genesis 50:18

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

YLT: And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we are to thee for servants.'

Darby: And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 50:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 50:15-26 - Joseph Loves Until His Death
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 50

1  The mourning for Jacob
4  Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him
7  The funeral
15  Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon
22  His age
23  He sees the third generation of his sons
24  He prophesies unto his brothers of their return
25  He takes an oath of them concerning his bones
26  He dies, and is put into a coffin

What do the individual words in Genesis 50:18 mean?

And went also his brothers and fell down before his face and they said behold we [are] your servants
וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ גַּם־ אֶחָ֔יו וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ לְךָ֖ לַעֲבָדִֽים

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙  And  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אֶחָ֔יו  his  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ  and  fell  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
לְפָנָ֑יו  before  his  face 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ  and  they  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הִנֶּ֥נּֽוּ  behold 
Parse: Interjection, third person masculine singular
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
לְךָ֖  we  [are]  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
לַעֲבָדִֽים  servants 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.

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