Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 50:18
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
18. his brethren also went ] These words agree with the sending of a message ( Gen 50:16), but hardly with the words of Gen 50:17, “when they spake unto him.”
fell down ] A final reminiscence of Joseph’s dreams, Gen 37:7; Gen 37:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ready and willing to undergo that servitude into which we so wickedly sold thee.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And his brethren also went,…. The messengers being returned to them, and acquainting them with what Joseph had said, they took courage and went from Goshen to Joseph’s house or palace, be it where it may:
and fell down before his face; in an humble suppliant manner:
and they said, behold, we be thy servants; they were content to be so, would he but forgive their sin, and not resent their ill behaviour to him; thus they further fulfilled his dream of the eleven stars making obeisance to him, Ge 37:9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold we are your servants.” ’
Once again they fall on their faces before him, fulfilling the dream at which they had once scoffed, as they have become used to doing through the years. And they admit, no, more than that, stress, that they are ‘his servants’. Now they do not get angry at his official superiority. They are eager to admit to it if only it will spare them from his revenge.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gen 45:5 . – Nothing can be more satisfactory in proof of a work of grace in the heart, than when believers pass by second causes to keep in view the LORD’S hand in all appointments.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
Ver. 18. Behold, we be thy servants. ] Oh that God might hear such words fall from us, prostrate at his feet! How soon would he take us up and embrace us! Deus redire nos sibi, non perire, desiderat, saith Chrysologus; , saith Basil; suffundere sanguinem quam effundere, saith Tertullian. I agnized my sin, and the amends was soon made, saith David. Psa 32:5
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fell down. Compare Gen 37:7-10.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fell: Gen 27:29, Gen 37:7-11, Gen 42:6, Gen 44:14, Gen 45:3
Reciprocal: Gen 45:4 – I am Joseph 2Sa 9:7 – Fear not 1Ki 18:7 – fell on Rom 3:7 – if the truth Eph 4:32 – forgiving